🔹 Description

Holey carbon TEM grids feature a carbon film with regularly distributed holes, allowing samples to be suspended over open areas without underlying support.

Compared to continuous films, holey carbon films significantly reduce background scattering and improve image contrast, making them ideal for high-resolution and cryo-TEM applications.

The hole size and spacing can be precisely controlled, enabling optimized imaging conditions for different sample types.

🔹 Specifications

🔹 Film Structure

Typical structure:

• Top layer: Perforated carbon film
• Bottom layer: Metal grid support

🔹 Key Features

• Perforated carbon film with defined hole pattern
• Reduced background scattering for improved contrast
• Enables imaging over vacuum (no underlying film)
• Optimized for high-resolution TEM and cryo-TEM
• Available in various hole sizes and spacings

🔹 Applications

• Cryo-TEM (single particle analysis)
• Nanoparticle characterization
• High-resolution TEM imaging
• Electron tomography
• Low-contrast sample imaging

🔹 Continuous vs Holey vs Ultrathin