Aquilos 2 Cryo-Focused Ion Beam (Cryo-FIB)
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Aquilos 2 Cryo-Focused Ion Beam (Cryo-FIB)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Aquilos 2

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(Available in January 2022)This is a second-generation dedicated cryo-DualBeam focused ion beam microscope for preparing cryo-lamella samples for TEM tomography of frozen-hydrated biological materials. It is equipped with:

Capabilities

  • NICol UHR non-immersion field emission-SEM column and Sidewinder ion column.
  • In-lens detection system: segmented lower (T1) and upper detector (T2), Everhart-Thornley SE Detector (ETD), ion conversion and electron (ICE) detector for secondary ions and secondary electrons.
  • 110 x 110 mm eucentric stage, Fully rotatable cryo-stage (< -170° C at the sample), Tilt range at cryo (eucentric WD): -15° to +55°.
  • Automatic Aperture System.
  • CCD IR Camera, In-chamber Nav-Cam.
  • Cryo Kit, incl. Cryo transfer system, Cryo loading station, conductive deposition GIS, In-chamber retractable sputter coater, EasyLift nanomanipulator, Cryo-FIB AutoGrids.
  • Maps 3 software for S/TEM with correlative workflow, AutoScript DB academic, AutoSlice & View, AutoTEM, Cryo for milling automation, SPI™ and iSPI™ software, etc.
  • Integrative Fluorescence Light Microscope (iFLM) correlative fluorescence imaging and ion milling

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