World's smallest book: 'Teeny Ted from Turnip Town', FIBbed by Robert Chaplin
The Nano-Imaging Facility is part of the Pacific Centre for Advanced Materials and Microstructures (PCAMM) and 4D Laboratories and provides investigators at SFU and the surrounding community with access to high resolution instruments for the nanoscopic characterization of materials. We welcome all new and old users. Contact Li Yang for more information.

News

March 15, 2009: SEM e-gun replaced and  system being realigned.

Feb. 2008: Au sputter coater for SEM specimen preparation installed and operational.

December 8, 2008: Tecnai G2 recovers its service to users after a compustage repair.

STEM  September 23, 2008: The imaging ability of the NanoImaging Facility has been much improved after camera upgradings:

On the Tecnai G2  STEM

  • The main CCD camera was upgraded to an Ultrascan 4000 (4096 x 4096 pixels/frame). 
  • A cryo-holder is not available with low dose exposure protocols for beam sensitive samples.

On Hitachi 8000 STEM

  • The  multiscan CCD camera was moved to the Hitachi 8000, providing users with digital imaging as well as film.

Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope (NSOM) is open to users. The microscope fills the imaging gap between routine optical microscopy and SEMs.

April 9, 2007: Robert Chaplin used the SFU focussed gallium ion beam system to publish a nanoscale book entitled 'Teeny Ted from Turnip Town' by Malcolm Douglas Chaplin (ISBN-978-1-894897-17-4). For further details go to: http://www.robertchaplin.ca/pubs/teeny/.



Contact Info

Dr. Li Yang
Nano-imaging Facility
Physics Dept.
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC
V5A 1S6
 Phone: (778) 782-3812
Fax: (778) 782-3592
Email: liy@sfu.ca
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