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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 104, March 2003
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| Page(s) | 509 - 512 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:20030134 | |
J. Phys. IV France 104 (2003) 509
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20030134
3d chemical mapping of toners by serial section scanning transmission X-ray microscopy
A.P. Hitchcock1, T. Araki1, H. Ikeura-Sekiguchi2, N. Iwata3 and K. Tani31 BIMR, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada L8S 4M1
2 Electrotechnical Laboratory, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
3 R&D Centre, Ricoh Co. Ltd., 16-1 Shinei-cho, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama 224, Japan
Abstract
We describe three dimensional chemical mapping of a 2x10x10 micron volume of a toner particle by
scanning transmission X-ray microscopy using serial section sampling and computer reconstruction. To our
knowledge this is the first example of serial section 3d imaging by soft X-ray microscopy. This is an attractive
alternative to tomography when sample density is large and detailed 3-d chemical information requires image
acquisition at a number of X-ray energies.
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