TY - JOUR
T1 - Graphene liquid cells assembled through loop‐assisted transfer method and located with correlated light‐electron microscopy
AU - van Deursen, Pauline M.G.
AU - Koning, Roman I.
AU - Tudor, Viorica
AU - Moradi, Mohammad Amin
AU - Patterson, Joseph P.
AU - Kros, Alexander
AU - Sommerdijk, Nico A.J.M.
AU - Koster, Abraham J.
AU - Schneider, Grégory F.
N1 - This article also appears in: Hot Topic: Carbon, Graphite, and Graphene
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - correlated light-electron microscopy
KW - graphene liquid cells
KW - graphene transfer
KW - liquid phase electron microscopy
KW - time-resolved electron microscopy
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85078846516
U2 - 10.1002/adfm.201904468
DO - 10.1002/adfm.201904468
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078846516
SN - 1616-301X
VL - 30
JO - Advanced Functional Materials
JF - Advanced Functional Materials
IS - 11
M1 - 1904468
ER -