The RF Cavity and the Cs probe corrector are non-standard features of this instrument.
Lausanne: Titan Krios-RF-Cs
TFS Titan Krios with RF Cavity and Cs Probe Corrector
This instrument is a prototype TFS Titan Krios, equipped with a Cold-FEG, DrX Titan Chopper RF Cavity, Cs probe corrector, Autoloader, Ceta and Falcon4i camera, Dectris ELA detector, and TVIPS USG scan generator.
It is dedicated to the development of methods to improve the performance of cryo-EM structure analysis of biological macromolecules.
DrX Works RF Cavity+-
The resonant frequency cavity implements an ultrafast beam blanker, which is used to generate an electron illumination consisting of individual electrons, one at a time, yet at GHz repetition rate. The goal is to test, if such illumination could indeed reduce the electron beam damage on the biological specimen, as several other groups have recently reported for materials sciences specimens.
Cs Probe Corrector+-
The corrector for spherical lens aberrations above the specimen is used to allow a wide range of electron illumination conditions of the biological specimen. For example, a highly convergent illumination with a perfectly coherent electron beam reaching the sample with a semi-opening angle of 20mrad or more can easily be generated. This is used to develop convergent beam electron diffractive imaging for biological samples, such as ptychography or other 4D STEM applications.
In this project, we collaborate with the laboratories of Prof. Knut Müller-Caspary (TU Münich, Germany), and Prof. Carsten Sachse (ER-C Jülich, Germany).
Look inside+-
Team-+
Berk Küçükoglu
Inay Mohamed
Julika Radecke
Massimo Kube