Publication
Title
Optimal sample preparation to characterize corrosion in historical photographs with analytical TEM
Author
Abstract
An alternative focused ion beam preparation method is used for sampling historical photographs containing metallic nanoparticles in a polymer matrix. We use the preparation steps of classical ultra-microtomy with an alternative final sectioning with a focused ion beam. Transmission electron microscopy techniques show that the lamella has a uniform thickness, which is an important factor for analytical transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, the method maintains the spatial distribution of nanoparticles in the soft matrix. The results are compared with traditional preparation techniques such as ultra-microtomy and classical focused ion beam milling.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Microscopy and microanalysis. - Cambridge, Mass.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : 2014
ISSN
1431-9276
DOI
10.1017/S1431927614012860
Volume/pages
20 :5 (2014) , p. 1585-1590
ISI
000345742900031
Pubmed ID
25256650
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Research of the modifications of silver nano particles by degradation and conservation treatments of photographs.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
Record
Identifier
Creation 01.09.2014
Last edited 09.10.2023
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