The History of USTEM

1997	First plans for the foundation of a microscopy pool at the TU Wien with the existing TEMs of the institutes 137 (Prof. Peter Schattschneider) and 173 (Prof. Herbert Stachelberger)
1999	Unsuccessful planning of an inter-university service facility (TU Wien - Uni Wien)
	The Senate of the TU Wien decides to establish the University Service Facility for Transmission Electron Microscopy (USTEM). Staff is formed by double assignment of employees of the institutes 137 and 173.
	A.o. Univ.Prof. Dipl.Ing. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.techn. Peter Schattschneider takes over the management of USTEM
2000	Approval of the operating and use regulations by the Federal Ministry
	Start of operation with one JEOL 200CX and one JEOL 100 CX
	No new building Lehartrakt in sight, nevertheless decision to purchase a TECNAI F20 Fieldemission-TEM
	Establishment of a new electrochemical TEM sample preparation system
	New precision ion mill PIPS at USTEM
2001	Dismantling of the old Siemens Elmiskop with the serial EELS and transfer to a showcase
2003	Installation of the FEGTEM TECNAI F20 with EDX, HAADF (FEI) and GIF 2001 (Gatan)
2004	Installation of a second JEOL 200 CX
2005	Approval of the Uniinfrastructure III project "USTEM DualBeam FIB - 3D Nanoanalytik"
2006	Extension of the sample preparation by a Low-Voltage Gentlemill
	Ass.Prof. Dipl.Ing. Dr.techn. Johannes Bernardi takes over the management of the service facility
	Acquisition planning FEGSEM and analytisches TEM
2007	Installation of the DualBeam FIB Quanta 200 3D with EDX, EBSD and cryo-stage (FEI)
	The two old TEMS JEOL 200CX and JEOL 100CX will be decommissioned after around 20 years of successful operation
	Installation of the FEGSEM Quanta 200 FEG with EDX, EBSD and heating stage
2008	Installation of the analytical TEM TECNAI G2 20 with EDX and STEM (FEI)
	Installation of Image Filter GIF Tridiem at the TECNAI F20 (acquired within the framework of the TU Materials Research Cluster)
	GIF 2001 is installed on the analytical TEM TECNAI G2 20, enabling unique low-voltage EELS investigations worldwide
2009	Installation Cryo-Ultramikrotom RMC-PowerTome PT-PC
	Installation inverse optical microscope Leica DMI5000M
2010	TEM heating stage 1000 °C for in-situ experiments (Gatan)
	Extension of the PIPS ion mill with a low-energy kit (Gatan)
	SEM Force Measurement System for use in the FEGSEM and DualBeam FIB (Kleindiek)
2012	Successful installation X-FEG electron source at TECNAI F20 with increased beam value and improved coherence
2014	Installation of a SDD-EDX Detektor TEAM Apollo XLTW at the FEGTEM TECNAI F20 (AMETEK EDAX)
	Installation of DigiSTEM at the FEGTEM TECNAI F20 (Gatan)
	xT6 upgrade of the FEGSEM Quanta 200 FEG to Quanta 250 FEG
	Installation high-speed EBSD camera Hikari at the FEGSEM (AMETEK EDAX)
2015	Installation of the VULCAN cathodoluminescence system for the two TEMs (Gatan)
2016	Installation of an SDD -EDX detector Octane Elite 55 at the FEGSEM (AMETEK EDAX)
2017	Installation of the in-situ AFM AFSEM for FEGSEM and DualBeam FIB (Gtec)
2018	Installation of a high speed RIO16 CMOS camera (Gatan) am TECNAI F20
	Installation of the Octane Elite-T SDD-EDX detectors at the TECNAI G2 20 with 125 eV energy resolution (AMETEK EDAX)
	Mounting the Orius 600 camera (Gatan) on the TECNAI G2 20
	Installation PIPS II Ion Mill (Gatan)
2020	Installation DualBeam FIB Scios 2 with EDX, nano-manipulation system, in-lens detectors (ThermoFisher)
2022	Completion of the new institute building at the Atomic Institute, equipping the offices
2023	Installation of the TimePix-3 camera on the TECNAI F20
	Exchange of electron source at our TECNAI G2 20 from LaB6 to FEG
2024	TU Wien ordered two aberration corrected TEMs from JEOL (see USTEM news)
2025	Completion of the laboratory facilities in the new institute building

75 years of electron microscopy at TU Wien

1942 - 2017: we have more than 75 years competence in electron microscopy

75 years of electron microscopy at TU Wien

1942 - 2017: we have more than 75 years competence in electron microscopy

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USTEM Team

Our team has years of experience in all areas of electron microscopy.

Facilities

Detailed description of the EM facilities at USTEM

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