DESK SPUTTER AND CARBON COATER – DSCR

Sputter and Carbon Coater model DSCR is a compact coating system included both of sputter and so carbon coater. This system is able to sputter noble metals such as gold (Au), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt) and gold/palladium (Au/Pd) on non-conductive or poorly conductive specimens and so able to coat carbon film on the samples.

The Desk Sputter and carbon Coater is a rotary pumped coater configured for DC sputtering and carbon fiber coating (thread) with interchangeable heads in one instrument. The DSCR is a versatile machine for scanning electron microscope sample preparation. In order to observation of the non-conductive or poorly conductive specimens by scanning electron microscope, their surface conductivity should be increased during the sample preparation step before SEM microscopy.

Sputtering deposition and Carbon evaporation are standard mechanisms to sample preparation for electron microscopy. The full automat option allows easy use of the system even for beginner operators. The user friendly software with graphical sections simplifies perception of the deposition information.

Pulsed Carbon Fiber Evaporation
The small chamber of desk vacuum sputter and carbon coater is able to perform pulsed carbon fiber evaporation. Short pulses provide more controlled deposition and significantly reduces the amount of debris associated with traditional carbon deposition.

Applications
The Desk Sputter Coater model DSCR is a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) sample preparation system equipped with a rotary pump to achieve vacuum less than 50 mTorr which is a suitable vacuum range for noble metals sputter coating and carbon fiber evaporation coating. For sputtering deposition of oxidizing metals, field emission SEM (FE-SEM), SEM EDX, and for TEM application, please see the DST1, DSCT and DCT.

Carbon Coating Head
The DSCR is equipped with an interchangeable head to carbon coating purpose. The ability of loading two carbon fibers with diameter of 0.8 mm, allows coating thicker carbon film if it’s required.

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Touch Screen Control with Colorful Display
The DSCR, Desk SEM Coater, is equipped with a 7” colored touch screen and full automatic control and data input that can be operated by even inexperienced users. The vacuum, current, and deposition information can be observed as digital data or curves on the touch screen. Information of the last 300 coating can also be saved in the history page.

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Sample Stages
The DSCR can be equipped with different sample stage configurations depending on the user requirements. The sample stages are rotatable with adjustable height and can be changed easily. The rotary planetary sample stage is a good choice for uniform coating of porous specimens.