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The materials characterization laboratory is equipped with a Nikon SMZ800 Stereoscopic Zoom Microscope. The stereomicroscope uses a parallel-optics zoom optical system. It features a zoom range of 1X to 6.3X and a total magnification of up to 189X. The materials characterization laboratory is also equipped with a Nikon Eclipse ME600D metallurgical microscope. The microscope utilizes episcopic (reflected) and diascopic (transmitted) illumination. It can be used to image opaque, translucent, and transparent materials utilizing brightfield, darkfield, and qualitative polarizing techniques. The optical microscope is equipped with extra long working distance CF infinity corrected optics objectives and can magnify up to 1500X.
Figure 1: The Nikon SMZ800 Stereoscopic Zoom Microscope and a Nikon Eclipse ME600D metallurgical microscope. A Nikon COOLPIX950 digital camera and Sony PVM-14N5U Trinitron video monitor enable the display and capture of images acquired using stereo and optical microscopes. At CAMMP, the stereo and optical microscopes are used for general purpose inspection at low magnification (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Optical microscope image of a SiN AFM probe a) before and b) after 10 days of immersion in clear zeolite NaA growth solution at room temperature. The same probe is shown in c) after being rinsed with deionized water. These images indicated gross compatibility of the SiN AFM probe with the clear zeolite NaA growth solution, and the ability to remove debris from the probe surface with deionized water. |
