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contamination

contamination

Hydrocarbons deposited on a specimen surface condense at an electron-beam irradiation area by the electrostatic force of the electron beam and are polymerized by the electron beam. This phenomenon is called "(specimen) contamination." Contamination is particularly severe when a small specimen area is irradiated with a focused, high-density electron beam, for example CBED or STEM.

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