United Kingdom Research and Innovation

Katerina Naydenova

A support for an electron microscopy sample, the support comprising a metallic foil having one or more holes therethrough wherein thickness of the metallic foil is less than 50 nm and/or the mean linear intercept grain size is 50 nm or less, wherein the ratio of the diameter of each hole to the thickness of the metallic foil is 15:1 or less, and wherein the metallic foil consists of either (a) one or more metals selected from transition metals, aluminium and beryllium, or an alloy thereof; or (b) degenerately doped silicon wherein the dopant element is selected from boron, aluminium, boron and arsenic at a concentration of 10atoms/cmor higher.

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Katerina Naydenova