Patent ID: 9281163
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G01N,H01J

Claim Text:
1. A TEM grid for a transmission electron microscope, comprising: a holder body having an outer edge and an inner edge; multiple attachment elements attached to the holder body, each respective attachment element adapted for attaching multiple thin samples prepared for viewing on a TEM, each respective attachment element having a base attached to the holder body and having at least two steps, each step adapted to receive attachment of a respective one of the thin samples, the steps of each respective attachment element located at different distances from the base; wherein each respective attachment element has an opposite side from the at least two steps, the opposite side including no steps and further adapted to receive a respective one of the thin samples attached at a desired distance from a bulk of the TEM grid, adapted to permit fine energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy analysis of the sample with very low redeposition thinning of the sample.