FEI Helios Nanolab 650 dual beam FIB and SEM

The Focused Ion Beam Dual Beam Microscope is a scanning microscope with very high-resolution topographical imaging and etching capabilities. The Helios NanoLabTM 650 features FEI’s most recent advances in field emission SEM (FESEM) and focused ion beam (FIB) technologies and their combined use. It is designed to access a new world of extreme high resolution (XHR) 2D and 3D characterization, nanoprototyping, and higher quality sample preparation.

When publishing or presenting results collected from the dbFIB, please use the following acknowledgement:

“This work made use of University of Utah Nanofab shared facilities supported, in part, by the MRSEC Program of the NSF under Award No. DMR-112125”

Imaging and Analytical Modes

  • High Vacuum, high resolution imaging
  • Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS)
  • Crystal Orientation Imaging Microscopy via EBSD
  • Secondary Ion Imaging

Typical Uses and Applications

  • High-resolution imaging ~10 nm resolution for conductive materials can be achieved with the use of the Elstar column
  • Elemental contrast using backscatter electron imaging
  • Low voltage imaging for fragile samples
  • Elemental mapping and semi-quantitative compositional analysis using energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)
  • Automated particle morphology and elemental analysis using EDS
  • Grain analysis (grain size, orientation and texture) using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)
  • High throughput milling assisted by high ion current ~65nA for creating nanoscale patterns
  • Milling and liftouts for TEM sample preparation
  • Slice-and-View: Helios can incrementally image then cut 10 nm slices into the face of a 5 μm X 5 μm area, then rebuilding the images into a tomographic volume
  • Deposit Pt in pre-defined patterns down to ~35 nm line widths.
  • Mill patterns using the FIB as a precision scalpel
  • Create precision cross sections for in-situ viewing

HOURLY RATES
Users Daytime Overnight
M-F: 5pm - 8am
Sat-Sun: All Day
On-Campus members $65.00 $32.50
Off-Campus Academic $100.10 $50.05
Industry $130.00 $65.00
CONTACT US FOR RESERVATIONS:
Dr. Randy Polson Lab: 801-587-3108
Office: 801-587-0873

Selected Publications

Goral, J.; Deo, M.; McLennan, J.; Huang, H.; Mattson, E.
Macro- and Micro-Compression Testing of Shales
J. Petrol. Sci. Eng. 2020, 191, 107034

FIB liftout

Jackson, M.D.; Couper, S.; Stan, C.V.; Ivarsson, M.; Czabaj, M.W.; Tamura, N.; Parkinson, D.; Miyagi, L.M.; Moore, J.G.
Authigenic Mineral Texture in Submarine 1979 Basalt Drill Core, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland
Geochem. Geophys. 2019, 20, 3751 – 3773

Plumb, J.C.; Lind, J.F.; Tucker, J.C.; Kelley, R.; Spear, A.D.
Three-Dimensional Grain Mapping of Open-Cell Metallic Foam by Integrating Synthetic Data with Experimental Data from High-Energy X-ray
Mater. Charact.  2018, 144, 448-460.

Edwards, M.A., German, S.R., Dick, J.E., Bard, A.J., and White, H.S.
High-Speed Multipass Coulter Counter with Ultrahigh Resolution
ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 12274 – 12282.

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