Micro Sample Handling

Author: Dave
Date: 04.01.26 - 11:24am

Ok, so i sent a sample off for SEM imaging (dont ask).

The samples were pretty small and hard to manipulate safely. One time i tried handling them on a black foam backing in a glass petri dish and one almost launched into outer space. If you know you know. We've all been here before:

So I need a way to contain the pieces while i rearranged them on the carbon double sided tape. $12 later and we have this beauty lol

Its crude af, but i am sure it will avert any potential disasters!

I still need to sand the top flat, and maybe make a proper holder in the bottom for the SEM stub. More ports would be welcome. I was working at max angle where the tool was hitting the port sides but it worked. I was working using the boom scope looking down through the top. Tweezers stabilizing the SEM stub, pokey thing rearranging samples. Slight shit show but workable.

This was used for some research into a sclerotic dentin sample