Specimen imaging systems and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12094701
APP PUB NO 20220344138A1
SERIAL NO

17763294

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Disclosed herein are specimen imaging systems, comprising: a sample stage in a vacuum environment, the sample stage configured to support a specimen; an electron beam generator configured to focus an electron beam on a first predetermined location on the specimen; a nanospray dispenser configured to dispense a nanospray onto a second predetermined location on the specimen; a mass spectrometer; and an extraction conduit configured to extract a plume of charged particles generated as a result of contact between the nanospray and the specimen and deliver the charged particles to the mass spectrometer. The system can create a topological and chemical map of the specimen by analyzing at least a portion of the specimen with a mass spectrometer to determine a chemical composition of the specimen at the second predetermined location and analyzing at least a portion of the specimen with the electron beam to determine a surface topology.

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  • GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION

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Fedorov, Andrei G Atlanta, US 51 602
Kottke, Peter Arthur Atlanta, US 6 9

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