Vacuum coating application guide
| The table offers guidance to help you select the coater type and configuration most appropriate for your application: | |
| Applications | Instrumentation |
| SEM low magnification imaging | Manual sputter coater – Au target |
| SEM high magnification imaging High specimen throughput | Automatic sputter coater – Au/Pd target Film thickness monitor |
| FEG SEM high magnification imaging Low voltage imaging Highly contoured samples | High resolution coater – Cr, Pt/Pd targets Rotary planetary stage Terminating film thickness monitor |
| EDX analysis low atomic number coating | Carbon coater |
| EDX WDX analysis | SEM Turbo carbon coater |
| EBSD/CL/BE imaging of non-conductive samples | Film thickness monitor Rotary planetary stage |
| TEM support films | TEM Turbo carbon coater |
| Grid coating | Metal evaporation |
| Metal evaporation and shadowing | Rotary shadowing table |
| Hydrophilisation of grids | Glow discharge |