Title
SEM selfi
Technique
SEM
Description
When imaging an isolating sample with high energy electrons, the surface of the sample gets charged. If you switch then to a lower electron energy, the electrons do not have enough energy to interact with the surface of the sample and get repelled. In that regard, the sample acts a a deformed mirror. In the picture you can see the reflected (and distorted and Dalí-like) image of the SEM components, name the electron gun, the EDX and the secondary electron sensor.

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