Development of a small and portable gas-electron diffraction apparatus.

• Project/Area Number: 20550020
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Physical chemistry
• Research Institution: Kitasato University
• Principal Investigator: EGAWA Toru Kitasato University, 一般教育部, 教授 (50201364)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
• Keywords: 分子構造 / 気体電子回折 / 装置開発 / 小型化 / 走査型電子顕微鏡 / 装置関発 / 可搬性

Research Abstract

A small and easy-to-use gas electron diffraction (GED) apparatushas been made by modifying a small scanning electron microscope (SEM). The modification has been carried out in which the original inner parts of the SEM had been replaced by some new parts that have been made in this project. So the new GED apparatus can be change back into the original SEM apparatus. The change from the SEM to GED apparatus takes a couple of days including the setup and adjustment. The reverse change takes only a couple of hours.