Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM)

Tampere University Foundation sr is inviting tenders for 'Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope', hereinafter 'FE-SEM'.

Contracting authority is looking to acquire a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) for performing high resolution imaging of materials science specimens and for performing various kinds of in-situ testing. Primarily, in-situ micromechanical testing with a nanoindenter and a miniaturized mechanical tester are foreseen, however, we visualize future users to come up other innovative in-situ tests using this FE-SEM. It is intended to be used for measurements on all material classes - metals, ceramics, polymers, biomaterials, composites, thin films, coatings and additively manufactured materials. The FE-SEM will be a part of the Hydrogen Materials Interaction Research Infrastructure (H2MIRI) and will be located in the Tampere Microscopy Center (TMC) eco-system. H2MIRI is a research infrastructure funded through Research Council of Finland’s Finnish Research Infrastructure (FIRI) local research infrastructure call. H2MIRI facilities are distributed at three locations – Tampere University, University of Oulu and VTT. The acquired FE-SEM will complement other advanced electron microscopy facilities at TMC (https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/tampere-microscopy-center) and Advanced Mechanics of Materials Infrastructure (https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/advanced-mechanics-materials) at Tampere University by enabling in-situ mechanical testing. Since it will be a part of H2MIRI infrastructure in Finland, it will have both domestic and international users. Therefore, high performance (imaging quality and resolution) is emphasized for this acquisition.

The Future Automation Systems and Technologies Laboratory research group (FAST-Lab.) at Tampere University aims to promote industrial efficiency and productivity through automation and robotics. The research group is known for its numerous international projects, for which it has received millions of euros in funding from the European Commission. FAST-Lab. focuses on factory automation, industrial informatics, industrial cyber-physical systems, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The intelligent industrial environments developed in the lab focus on seamless Human-Robot Interactions, supported by the latest information and communication technologies. More information available: https://research.tuni.fi/fast/