Nanomanipulator and an ultra-fine ion beam (IMAGE)

University of Münster

Nanomanipulator and an ultra-fine ion beam

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Using a nanomanipulator and an ultra-fine ion beam, a tiny lamella, about five by ten micrometres in size and only one hundred nanometres thin, is cut out of the meteorite and attached to a sample bar. The scientists can then analyze the organic particles in this lamella under an electron microscope (right).

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SuperSTEM Laboratory, Daresbury, UK

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