Cressington High Resolution Sputter Coater – Gold, Platinum/Paladium or Chromium

Sputter coating is a deposition process to cover a specimen with a thin layer of conducting material. A conductive coating is needed to prevent charging of a specimen with an electron beam in conventional SEM mode (high vacuum, high voltage).

This high resolution sputter coater is used for high magnification (>100,000X) imaging in order to avoid artifacts produced by gold coater. It can be programmed to deposit metal within 0.1nm thickness. It is only to be used to coat samples for SEM.

 Sputter Coating Procedure