• 文献标题:   Graphene Liquid Cells Assembled through Loop-Assisted Transfer Method and Located with Correlated Light-Electron Microscopy
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VAN DEURSEN PMG, KONING RI, TUDOR V, MORADI MA, PATTERSON JP, KROS A, SOMMERDIJK NAJM, KOSTER AJ, SCHNEIDER GF
  • 作者关键词:   correlated lightelectron microscopy, graphene liquid cell, graphene transfer, liquid phase electron microscopy, timeresolved electron microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
  • 通讯作者地址:   Leiden Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.201904468 EA FEB 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Graphene liquid cells (GLCs) for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) enable high-resolution, real-time imaging of dynamic processes in water. Large-scale implementation, however, is prevented by major difficulties in reproducing GLC fabrication. Here, a high-yield method is presented to fabricate GLCs under millimeter areas of continuous graphene, facilitating efficient GLC formation on a TEM grid. Additionally, GLCs are located on the grid using correlated light-electron microscopy (CLEM), which reduces beam damage by limiting electron exposure time. CLEM allows the acquisition of reliable statistics and the investigation of the most common shapes of GLCs. In particular, a novel type of liquid cell is found, formed from only a single graphene sheet, greatly simplifying the fabrication process. The methods presented in this work-particularly the reproducibility and simplicity of fabrication-will enable future application of GLCs for high-resolution dynamic imaging of biomolecular systems.