ZoneTEM: A UV/Ozone Based Sample Cleaner

Hitachi’s ZoneTEM sample cleaner makes use of UV or Ozone technology to offer mild, non-destructive elimination of hydrocarbons, even on the most sensitive specimens.

Improve results quickly and easily

  • Offers improved resolution and contrast in users’ TEM
  • Small, quick, and user-friendly
  • Users can clean the grid and rod together, easily and rapidly
  • No gases or external facilities are required

Programmable and user-friendly

  • User-friendly touchscreen
  • Vacuum storage mode and cleaning mode available to maintain samples and holders clean
  • Recipe creation: so there is no need for users to remember ideal parameters for each specimen type

Direct rod handling

  • Users can accommodate up to five TEM holders for cleaning and vacuum storage
Left: BEFORE Zone cleaning. Right: AFTER Zone cleaning.

Left: BEFORE Zone cleaning. Right: AFTER Zone cleaning. Image Credit: Hitachi High-Tech Europe