MIAMI-1 System

MIAMI-1 is a custom-designed system consisting of a JEOL JEM-2000FX transmission electron microscope (TEM) connected to an ion accelerator. This system was developed and constructed by Dr Jonathan Hinks, Professor Stephen Donnelly and Prof Jaap van den Berg with funding from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Ion Beam

  • Routine ion species: H, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe
  • Energies from 2 – 100 keV
  • Fluxes in the range 1010 – 1014 ions/cm2/s

JEOL JEM-2000FX TEM

  • Accelerating voltage from 80 – 200 kV
  • Magnification of 100 – 800,000 times
  • Gatan Orius digital camera with 4 megapixels

Specimen Holders

  • Single-tilt
  • Double-tilt
  • Double-tilt with heating (RT to 1000°C)
  • Single-tilt with heating (RT to 1300°C)
  • Cooling (-173 to 100°C)
  • Straining
  • 360° Rotational