• 文献标题:   Graphene-Enhanced 3D Chemical Mapping of Biological Specimens at Near-Atomic Resolution
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ADINEH VR, ZHENG CX, ZHANG QH, MARCEAU RKW, LIU BY, CHEN Y, SI KJ, WEYLAND M, VELKOV T, CHENG WL, LI J, FU J
  • 作者关键词:   atom probe tomography, cellular imaging, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
  • 通讯作者地址:   Monash Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.201801439
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The direct imaging of individual atoms within the cellular context holds great potential for understanding the fundamental physical and chemical processes in organisms. Here, a novel approach for imaging of electrically insulated biological cells by introducing a graphene encapsulation approach to disguise the low-conductivity barrier is reported. Upon successful coating using a water-membrane-based protocol, the electrical properties of the graphene enable voltage pulsing field evaporation for atom probe tomography (APT). Low conductive specimens prepared from both Au nanoparticles and antibiotic-resistant bacterial cells have been tested. For the first time, a significant graphene-enhanced APT mass resolving power is also observed confirming the improved compositional accuracy of the 3D data. The introduction of 2D materials encapsulation lays the foundation for a breakthrough direction in specimen preparation from nanomembrane and nanoscale biological architectures for subsequent 3D near-atomic characterization.