New Horizons of Applied Scanning Electron Microscopy

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Application Example 1: Lateral Resolution of in-Lens SE and High-Angle BSE Imaging at Low Accelerating Voltages, Below 2.0 kV....Pages 3-6
Application Example 2: Z-Contrast Sensitivity in Low-Voltage, High-Angle BSE Imaging....Pages 7-10
Application Example 3: Information Depth in Low-Voltage, High-Angle BSE Imaging....Pages 11-12
Application Example 4: Nano Inclusions in Co-Hardened Gold Plating for Electronic Applications – Further Evidence for High Lateral Resolution in Low-Voltage, High-Angle BSE Imaging....Pages 13-16
Application Example 5: A Thin Layer of Organic Contaminant on the Surface of Mirror-Polished Al-Based Hard Disks....Pages 17-19
Application Example 6: A Further Potential of Ultralow-Voltage In-lens SE Imaging....Pages 21-22
Application Example 7: Sample Surface Preparation by Ultramicrotomy Using a Diamond Knife for Cross-Sectional Examination of Various Coatings on Metals....Pages 23-24
Application Example 8: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Galvanized Steel....Pages 25-27
Application Example 9: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Painted Steel....Pages 29-30
Application Example 10: Cross-Sectional Examination of Solder Joint of the Printed Circuit Board....Pages 31-32
Application Example 11: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Tin-Plated Copper Sheet for Electronic Application....Pages 33-35
Application Example 12: Cross-Sectional Examination of an Anodized Aluminum Alloy for Aerospace Application....Pages 37-38
Application Example 13: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Porous Anodic Oxide Film Grown on a Heterogeneous Al-Fe Alloy....Pages 39-40
Application Example 14: Corrosion of an Al 2024-T3 Alloy for Aerospace Application....Pages 41-43
Application Example 15: Cross-Sectional Examination of an Etched Al Foil for Capacitor Application....Pages 45-48
Application Example 16: On the Nature of rf-GD Sputtering....Pages 49-51
Application Example 17: On the Surface Damages Associated with rf-GD Sputtering....Pages 53-55
Application Example 18: Precipitates in a Stainless Steel....Pages 57-60
Application Example 19: Ferrite Precipitates in a Low-Carbon Stainless Steel....Pages 61-63
Application Example 20: A Novel Use of rf-GD Sputtered Surfaces for Oxidation Study of Iron, Nickel, and Copper....Pages 65-77
Application Example 21: Preparation of “Highly Flat and Damage-Free” Surfaces for High-Resolution Channeling BSE Imaging....Pages 79-89
Application Example 22: Oxidation of Sputtered Metal Surface in Air – The Main Cause of Surface Alternation....Pages 91-95
Application Example 23: Microstructure of a Ti Alloy....Pages 97-98
Application Example 24: Microstructure of a Ni-Based Super Alloy for Aerospace Applications....Pages 99-100
Application Example 25: Cracks in a Nitrogen-Doped Stainless Steel....Pages 101-103
Application Example 26: Sample Surface Preparation Using rf-GD Sputtering for Cross-Sectional Examination....Pages 105-107
Application Example 27: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Galvanized Steel for Car Bodies....Pages 109-113
Application Example 28: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Flash Memory Device....Pages 115-121
Application Example 29: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Multilayered Glass....Pages 123-124
Application Example 30: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Copper Sheet for Electronic Application....Pages 125-126
Application Example 31: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Nitrided Carbon Steel....Pages 127-129
Application Example 32: Cross-Sectional Examination of Deformed Surface Regions of Carbon Steel after Shot Peening....Pages 131-133
Application Example 33: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Thermal-Sprayed WC-18% Co Coating on a Titanium Alloy....Pages 135-139
Application Example 34: Cross-Sectional Examination of a Thermal Barrier Coating on the Ni-based Super Alloy for Aerospace Applications....Pages 141-143
Application Example 35: Is EDX Elemental Mapping Really Necessary?....Pages 145-152
Application Example 36: Titanium Carbide Precipitates in a Duplex Stainless Steel....Pages 153-156
Application Example 37: Adhesion Between the Hard Chromium Coating and Copper Substrate....Pages 157-159
Application Example 38: On the Possibility of the Use of rf-GD Sputtering for Follow-Up Treatment of Thin Slices for TEM Examination....Pages 161-162
Application Example 39: On 3D Imaging of Semiconductor Devices by FE-SEM....Pages 163-166
Concluding Remarks....Pages 167-171
Back Matter....Pages 173-179