CN100360708C - Method for preparing film specimen in use for transmission electron microscope - Google Patents

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CN100360708C
CN100360708C CNB2004100205313A CN200410020531A CN100360708C CN 100360708 C CN100360708 C CN 100360708C CN B2004100205313 A CNB2004100205313 A CN B2004100205313A CN 200410020531 A CN200410020531 A CN 200410020531A CN 100360708 C CN100360708 C CN 100360708C
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The present invention discloses a method for preparing a film sample for a transmission electron microscope. The method comprises the following specific steps: (1) a magnetically controlled sputtering method is used for plating a metallic film or an alloy film, an alloy target serves as a negative pole for magnetically controlled sputtering, a substrate serves as a positive pole, the vacuum degree of a back bottom is between 2.0 Pa and 8.0*10<-5> Pa, the gas atmosphere is an Ar atmosphere of which the vacuum degree is between 6.5 Pa and 7.5*10<-1> Pa, the current is between 0.5 A and 2 A, and the voltage is between 100 V and 300 V; (2) a circular sheet is punched from the metallic film or the alloy film; (3) the circular sheet is thinned with a double spraying method or ions to prepare a sample for observation with the electron microscope. The present invention adopts the magnetically controlled sputtering method, so the metallic film or the alloy film which is uniform, compact and easy to strip off can be obtained; the thickness of a plated film on the substrate is between 5 mu m and 9 mu m. Magnetically controlled sputter film plating can be directly combined with double spraying thinning or ion thinning to prepare the sample for the observation with the electron microscope. The present invention solves the problem that a film sample for the electron microscope is easy to pollute, break and lead in false images in the process of traditional machine thinning.

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The preparation method of used in transmission electron microscope film sample
Technical field
The invention belongs to the preparing electron microscopy specimen technical field, a kind of method for preparing Electronic Speculum with sample easily is provided especially.
Background technology
In order to study the microtexture of metal or alloy film, need the preparation electron microscopic sample to observe, be used for the sample of transmission electron microscope observation, owing to a little less than the penetrativity of electronics, require its thickness as thin as a wafer, be generally between 5~200nm.The general film that will observe that on metal substrate, plates earlier in traditional sample making course, and then metal substrate rubbing down to 50~below the 60 μ m, and then carry out the two spray of single face ionic fluid attenuate or single face attenuates, in this process, can cause sample to be subjected to pollution in various degree and in the mechanical reduction process, introduce easily illusion, influence final observing effect, can not observe the real structure of sample; In addition, the edge chamfer phenomenon appears in sample easily in the rubbing down process, when serious even can make that sample is cracked to be fallen, for also not having efficient ways to solve in these problem documents records.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to: provide a kind of Electronic Speculum for preparing easily with the method for film sample, solved Electronic Speculum with film sample in traditional mechanical reduction process, polluted easily, the problem of broken and introducing illusion.
Technical scheme of the present invention is:
A kind of preparation method of used in transmission electron microscope film sample, carry out as follows:
1) utilize magnetically controlled sputter method to produce metallic membrane or alloy film, magnetron sputtering is a negative pole with the metal or alloy target, and substrate is anodal, and concrete steps and processing parameter are as follows:
A) vacuum chamber is vacuumized, make back of the body end vacuum tightness reach 2.0 * 10 -5~8.0 * 10 -5Pa;
B) feed Ar gas to vacuum chamber, making plated film atmosphere is Ar atmosphere, and vacuum degree control is 6.5 * 10 during with plated film -1~7.5 * 10 -1Between the Pa scope;
C) sputtering voltage is 100~300V, and target current is 0.5~2A;
D) pre-sputter sputter coating on substrate again after 2~5 minutes, 60~90 minutes plated film time, the thickness that makes film on the substrate is between 5~9 μ m;
2) on described substrate, directly take off utilize magnetically controlled sputter method plate the metal or alloy film, go out the disk that diameter is 3mm then;
3) described disk is carried out two spray attenuates or ion milling and make the sample that electron microscopic observation is used.
Before the described step a), after substrate deoiled through acetone, alcohol ultrasonic cleaning respectively, be placed in the suds, soak 1~5 minute time, take out air-dryly then, make its surface scribble one deck soap film uniformly.
Described step 2) adopts: will plate good film and make the automatic and substrate desquamation of film, and use then towards model machine and make the disk that diameter is 3mm with distilled water immersion.
Described substrate adopts molybdenum, stainless steel, copper or the nickel substrate in the metal substrate; Perhaps adopt glass or monocrystalline substrate in the nonmetal substrate.
Described target matter is one of titanium or titanium alloy, iron and iron alloy, copper and copper alloy and zirconium alloy, molybdenum alloy, lanthanum alloy, magnesium alloy.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is as follows:
1, the present invention adopts method sputter coating on substrate of magnetron sputtering, the target utilization height, sedimentation rate is fast, working temperature is low, the temperature rise of substrate is low, damage little, by optimizing the magnetron sputtering technique parameter, can obtain evenly, fine and close metal or alloy film, and strong adhesion between the film of existing magnetron sputtering technique plating and the substrate, the present invention proposes on the thought basis that overcomes the strong bonding force of film and substrate, the thickness of institute's plated film is between 5~9 μ m on the substrate, can directly magnetron sputtering plating be combined with two spray attenuates or ion milling and make the sample that electron microscopic observation is used, solve Electronic Speculum and in traditional mechanical reduction process, polluted easily with film sample, the problem of fragmentation and introducing illusion.
2, the present invention is used on metal or nonmetal (glass, silicon single crystal etc.) substrate and is coated with metal and alloy films thereof such as aluminium, copper, iron, chromium, nickel, titanium, applied range.
3, the present invention adopts metal substrate and nonmetal substrate, and metal substrate is as substrates such as molybdenum, stainless steel, copper or nickel; Nonmetal substrate adopts method sputter coating on substrate of magnetron sputtering as substrates such as glass, silicon single crystal, can directly take off utilize magnetically controlled sputter method plate the metal or alloy film, also can make film automatically and substrate desquamation with distilled water immersion.
4, the present invention is placed on clean substrate in the suds before carrying out magnetron sputtering, soaks 1~5 minute time, takes out air-dryly then, makes its surface scribble one deck soap film uniformly, is beneficial to film and substrate desquamation.
5, the present invention adopts pre-sputter to carry out plated film after 2~5 minutes, because the easy oxidation of alloys target can be removed the zone of oxidation on the alloys target by pre-sputter, carries out plated film then, can obtain clean metal or alloy film, and its purity is higher.
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Fig. 1 a is the TiZrYAl alloy film photo that obtains with the glass substrate sputter.
Fig. 1 b is the TiZrYAl alloy film photo that obtains for the substrate sputter with Mo.
Fig. 1 c is the transmission electron microscope photo of TiZrYAl alloy film.
Fig. 2 a is to be the Fe alloy film photo that the substrate sputter obtains with monocrystalline silicon piece Si.
Fig. 2 b is the transmission electron microscope photo of Fe alloy film.
Fig. 3 a is the pure Ti film photo that obtains for the substrate sputter with the stainless steel substrates.
Fig. 3 b is the transmission electron microscope photo of pure Ti film.
Embodiment
The present invention adopts following method and technology, success prepare the Electronic Speculum film sample.
1) utilize magnetically controlled sputter method to prepare the metal or alloy film, magnetron sputtering is negative pole with the alloys target, and substrate is anodal, and concrete steps and processing parameter are as follows:
A) vacuum chamber is vacuumized, make back of the body end vacuum tightness reach 2.0 * 10 -1~8.0 * 10 -5Pa;
B) feed Ar gas to vacuum chamber, making plated film atmosphere is Ar atmosphere, and vacuum degree control is 6.5 * 10 during with plated film -1~7.5 * 10 -1Between the Pa scope;
C) sputtering voltage is 100~300V, and target current is 0.5~2A;
D) pre-sputter sputter coating on substrate again after 2~5 minutes, 60~90 minutes plated film time, the thickness that makes plated film on the substrate is between 5~9 μ m;
2) on described substrate, directly take off utilize magnetically controlled sputter method plate the metal or alloy film, go out the disk that diameter is 3mm then;
3) described disk is carried out two spray attenuates or ion milling and obtain the sample that electron microscopic observation is used.
Embodiment 1
Specimen preparation: sheet glass and Mo sheet after deoiling through acetone, alcohol ultrasonic cleaning respectively are placed in the suds as substrate, soaked 2 minutes, take out air-dryly then, make its surface scribble one deck soap film uniformly; Being negative pole with the TiZrYAl alloys target then, is positive pole with glass substrate and Mo substrate respectively, adopts following processing parameter preparation on magnetron sputtering coater: be evacuated to the back of the body end vacuum tightness during sputter earlier and reach 6.0 * 10 -5About Pa, feed purity then and be 99.99% Ar gas, the vacuum tightness when making plated film maintains 7.0 * 10 -1About Pa, electric current 1A, voltage 160V, pre-sputter sputter coating on substrate again after 5 minutes, 90 minutes plated film time, thickness is about 9 μ m, Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b are respectively the glass substrate that obtains after the sputter and the Ti alloy film photo of Mo, can see that film peels off phenomenon with substrate.
The film that plating is good makes the automatic and substrate desquamation of Ti alloy film with distilled water immersion, use then towards model machine and make the disk that diameter is 3mm, carry out two spray attenuates or ion milling again and produce electron microscopic sample, shown in Fig. 1 c, the present invention's success observed Ti alloy film TEM (transmission electron microscope) photo, the gained Electronic Speculum is clean, even, fine and close with film sample, solved Electronic Speculum with film sample in traditional mechanical reduction process, polluted easily, broken and introduce the problem of illusion.
Embodiment 2
Difference from Example 1 is:
Specimen preparation: the single crystalline Si sheet after deoiling through acetone, alcohol ultrasonic cleaning is placed in the suds as substrate, soaked 4 minutes, take out air-dryly then, make its surface scribble one deck soap film uniformly; (alloy designations is: FeZrSiMn) being negative pole, is positive pole with the single crystalline Si sheet, adopts following processing parameter on magnetron sputtering coater, is evacuated to the back of the body end vacuum tightness during sputter earlier and reaches 3.0 * 10 with the Fe alloys target then -5About Pa, feed purity then and be 99.99% Ar gas, the vacuum tightness when making plated film maintains 6.5 * 10 -1About Pa, electric current 1A, voltage 200V, pre-sputter sputter coating on substrate again after 2 minutes, 60 minutes plated film time, thickness is about 5 μ m.Fig. 2 a is the Fe alloy film photo of the silicon substrate that obtains after the sputter, can see that film peels off phenomenon with substrate.
The film that plating is good makes the automatic and substrate desquamation of Fe alloy film with distilled water immersion, use then towards model machine and make the disk that diameter is 3mm, carry out two spray attenuates or ion milling again and produce electron microscopic sample, shown in Fig. 2 b, the observed Fe alloy film TEM photo of the present invention's success, the gained Electronic Speculum is clean, even, fine and close with film sample, solved Electronic Speculum with film sample in traditional mechanical reduction process, polluted easily, broken and introduce the problem of illusion.
Embodiment 3
Difference from Example 1 is:
Specimen preparation: the stainless steel after deoiling through acetone, alcohol ultrasonic cleaning respectively is placed in the suds as substrate, soaked 4 minutes, take out air-dryly then, make its surface scribble one deck soap film uniformly; Being negative pole with Ti (purity is 99.9%) target then, is anodal with the stainless steel substrates, adopts following processing parameter on magnetron sputtering coater, is evacuated to the back of the body end vacuum tightness during sputter earlier and reaches 8.0 * 10 -5About Pa, feed purity then and be 99.99% Ar gas, the vacuum tightness when making plated film maintains 6.8 * 10 -1About Pa, electric current 1A, voltage 180V, pre-sputter sputter coating on substrate again after 3 minutes, 80 minutes plated film time, thickness is about 8 μ m.Fig. 3 a is the Ti film photo of the stainless steel substrates substrate that obtains after the sputter, can see that film peels off phenomenon with substrate.
The film that plating is good makes the automatic and substrate desquamation of Ti film with distilled water immersion, use then towards model machine and make the disk that diameter is 3mm, carry out two spray attenuates or ion milling again and produce electron microscopic sample, shown in Fig. 3 b, the observed pure Ti film TEM photo of the present invention's success, the gained Electronic Speculum is clean, even, fine and close with film sample, solved Electronic Speculum with film sample in traditional mechanical reduction process, polluted easily, broken and introduce the problem of illusion.
In addition, metal substrate has also adopted substrates such as Cu, Ni, and the alloys target material has also adopted alloys such as Zr, Mo, La, Mg, all reaches the object of the invention, and obtains effect preferably.

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1, a kind of preparation method of used in transmission electron microscope film sample is characterized in that:
1) utilize magnetically controlled sputter method to produce metallic membrane or alloy film, magnetron sputtering is a negative pole with the metal or alloy target, substrate is anodal, after process acetone, alcohol ultrasonic cleaning are deoiled respectively with substrate, be placed in the suds, soak 1~5 minute time, take out air-dry then, make its surface scribble one deck soap film uniformly, concrete steps and processing parameter are as follows:
A) vacuum chamber is vacuumized, make back of the body end vacuum tightness reach 2.0 * 10 -5~8.0 * 10 -5Pa;
B) feed Ar gas to vacuum chamber, making plated film atmosphere is Ar atmosphere, and vacuum degree control is 6.5 * 10 during with plated film -1~7.5 * 10 -1Between the Pa scope;
C) sputtering voltage is 100~300V, and target current is 0.5~2A;
D) pre-sputter sputter coating on substrate again after 2~5 minutes, 60~90 minutes plated film time, the thickness that makes film on the substrate is between 5~9 μ m;
2) on described substrate, directly take off utilize magnetically controlled sputter method plate the metal or alloy film, go out the disk that diameter is 3mm then;
3) described disk is carried out two spray attenuates or ion milling and make the sample that electron microscopic observation is used.
2, according to the preparation method of the described used in transmission electron microscope film sample of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described step 2) adopt: will plate good film and make the automatic and substrate desquamation of film, and use then towards model machine and make the disk that diameter is 3mm with distilled water immersion.
3, according to the preparation method of the described used in transmission electron microscope film sample of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described substrate adopts molybdenum, stainless steel, copper or the nickel substrate in the metal substrate; Perhaps adopt glass or monocrystalline substrate in the nonmetal substrate.
4, according to the preparation method of the described used in transmission electron microscope film sample of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described target matter is one of titanium or titanium alloy, iron and iron alloy, copper and copper alloy and zirconium alloy, molybdenum alloy, lanthanum alloy, magnesium alloy.
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