Specimen Preparation Equipment

General use microscopes

• A Nikon stereo dissecting microscope with light pipes
• Two Bausch and Lomb stereo dissecting microscopes
• Nikon phase contrast laboratory microscope
• Nikon research photomicroscope with Nomarski interference contrast

Specimen pre-treatment and coating

• Sputter coating: Anatech Hummer VI
• Sputter coating: Emitech K575XD
• Evaporator: JEOL JEE-4C
• Critical point dryer: Tousimis autosamdri-814

Cryo-TEM

• GloQube glow discharge
• cryoplunger Leica GP-2 (located at Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center)
  
• Fischione 2550 side-entry cryotransfer holder for JEOL 2010F
• Pfeiffer HiCube cryopump station
• Gatan CryoTEM transfer device (for the JEOL 2000FX)
• Reichert MM-80 contact freezing device

Materials SEM/TEM prep

• ALLIED 8" hand lapping and polishing system; includes multiple sample holders and polishing materials (ALLIED 8" hand lapping and polishing system Schedule)
  
• South Bay Technology (now sold by Ted Pella) Low Speed Diamond Wafering Saw
  
• South Bay Technology (now sold by Ted Pella) MODEL 850 - Abrasive Slurry Wire Saw
  
• 3mm Rotary Disc Cutter
  
• Fischione Model 200 Dimpling Grinder (Fischione Model 200 Schedule)
  
• Fischione Electro-Chemical Jet Polisher for conductive thin foil production 
  
• Gatan Model 600 DIFF TEM Ion Mill (Gatan Model 600 Image | Gatan Model 600 Schedule)
  
• Fischione Model 1051 TEM Ion Mill (Fischione Model 1051 Image | Fischione Model 1051 Instructions (PDF) | Fischione Model 1051 Schedule)
  
• Fischione Model 1040 TEM Nano Mill TEM Specimen Preparation System (Fischione Model 1040 Image | Fischione Model 1040 Schedule)
• JEOL cross-sectional polisher (IB-09010CP)

Biological prep, embedding, and sectioning

• Three Sorvall MT-2B ultramicrotomes
• RMC MT-6000 ultramicrotome equipped with FS-1000 cryo-attachment

Fischione Model 1051 Ion Mill

Fischione Model 200 Dimpling Grinder

Gatan Model 600 DIFF Ion Mill

Allied MultiPrep Polishing Wheel