Welcome to the

超顕微解析研究センター
The Ultramicroscopy Research Center

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[Introductory Course]
Guidance on how to use

The
Ultramicroscopy
Research Center
Since 1975

Masaki Kudo (工藤 昌輝),

Old Hakozaki HVEM
2020 / 10 / 26 Research Scientist @ URC 1976 - 2015
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The Mission of the URC

Offering Advanced Equipment and Techniques

• Sharing facilities to academic staff and students of Kyushu

Univ.
• Also sharing to researches inside and outside Japan.

Accelerating Edu. and Res. advancements in KU.

• Publication the research outcomes.

• Technical support and training courses for users.

Developing advanced EMs and analytical techniques

• Installation of latest model EMs.

• Cooperation in technique developments.
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One of the most Advanced EM facility in the world!

Check our electron microscopes on our WEB site : http://www.hvem.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/facility.html

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WE ARE A SHARED USE FACILITY!

Follow the rules and operate properly
• Electron microscopes are extremely high precision devices
• Repair will cost a great deal and also stop the shared use for a certain amount
of time
• We may deny your further use if your use is not proper
Operate yourself
• We have training courses to teach you how to operate our facility
• Feel free to ask for technical support
Plan well and reserve the machine time you need
• Select the apropreate microscope for your work
• The cutting edge microscopes are not always the best for all experiment
• Someone else may
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Flow-chart of Cooperative Utilization

1. Attend the Training

Course
COOPERATIVE
2. Submit the USE
application form of
research project
5. Charge Payment
3. Booking request
submission
6. Research Report
Submission
4. Check your machine-
time
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1. Attend the Training Course

• Basic Course
you’re here today!
• Advance Courses
• High Voltage TEM
• Scanning TEM
• High Res. TEM Each course is
held once a year
• Analytical EM
• Electron Diffraction Sorry but only in
Japanese
• TEM Tomography
• FIB
• Analytical SEM
Find additional information on our WEB site
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Flow-chart of Cooperative Utilization

1. Attend the Training

Course
COOPERATIVE
2. Submit the USE
application form of
research project
5. Charge Payment
3. Booking request
submission
6. Research Report
Submission
4. Check your machine-
time
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2. Submit the application form of your research project

Submit to explain
• WHO is using the URC?
• WHAT is your research plan?
• HOW do you pay? (Which budget)

• One form needed for each budget

• Submit every fiscal year
• Project leader is whom has the budget
• Bring THE ORIGINAL to URC office Download the form from our WEB site
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Flow-chart of Cooperative Utilization

1. Attend the Training

Course
COOPERATIVE
2. Submit the USE
application form of
research project
5. Charge Payment
3. Booking request
submission
6. Research Report
Submission
4. Check your machine-
time
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3. Booking request submission

You NEED a Reservation to use

Send your request from the

reservation form on our WEB site

Reservation NAME should be

whom that will use
Make sure to fill the request date
down to your 3rd choice
Machine Time Meeting for the NEXT WEEK
is held on Monday 11 AM every week
Be careful of the DEADLINE!!
If you need any assistance of the URC staff
Make sure to write down in the “Message” section
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4. Check your machine-time

URC staff check your requests

and fill the reservation table

Reservation Table will be updated

every Monday Evening
If Monday is a holiday, will be updated on next weekday.
Check the table yourself! We will not directly inform you!

OK to add reservations if machine-

time is free after the update

If you need to CANCEL your

reservation inform us
As Soon As Possible!!
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4. Check your machine-time

URC staff check your requests

and fill the reservation table

Reservation Table will be updated

every Monday Evening
If Monday is a holiday, will be updated on next weekday.
Check the table yourself! We will not directly inform you!

OK to add reservations if machine-

time is free after the update

If you need to CANCEL your Time Periods

reservation inform us [1]10:00 – 14:00 [2]14:30-18:30 [3] 19:00-23:00
As Soon As Possible!! ONLY USER APPROVED BY URC STAFF MAY USE 3rd PERIOD
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Flow-chart of Cooperative Utilization

1. Attend the Training

Course
COOPERATIVE
2. Submit the USE
application form of
research project
5. Charge Payment
3. Booking request
submission
6. Research Report
Submission
4. Check your machine-
time
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Your Cooperative Use

Specimen NOT ALLOWED

Dangerous Substances
• Samples that may cause combustion or explosion
• Toxic samples
• Samples that are unable to be handled safely
Specimen which need URC staff permission
Substances which may cause damage or restricted by law
• Radio active substances
• Magnetic substances
• Liquids or Highly volatile substances
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Your Cooperative Use

Before your USE

• Fill in the ENTER/EXIT recode at the entrance hall
• Virus check your USB thumb drives at the entrance hall
• The Entrance is locked at night (6:00 PM ~ 8:30 AM)
• If needed, get a Guest Card Key before 5 PM at the URC office

When you have trouble

• Inform the URC staff As Soon As Possible
• If NO staff is present (3rd period), leave a MEMO describing the problem
and explain the staff next morning
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Your Cooperative Use

When you finish

• Fill in the usage record
• Check that everything is as it was when you started

Inform the URC office if your use finished earlier than your reservation
(Cancelling with no notice will be billed!!)

People who will use High Voltage TEM

• Additional submission of an experiment plan is needed
• Must wear a Film badge dosimeter
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Your Cooperative Use

The Usage Record

• Each machine has it’s record
• Fill in after you usage

• Check the Subject Title of the form

Your supervisor may have several projects!!
Make sure you know which one to fill in

Do not forget to fill in!! Billing will be

done do to this form every month
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Flow-chart of Cooperative Utilization

1. Attend the Training

Course
COOPERATIVE
2. Submit the USE
application form of
research project
5. Charge Payment
3. Booking request
submission
6. Research Report
Submission
4. Check your machine-
time
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Equipment JPY / period

5. Charge Payment High Voltage TEM JEM-1300NEF 15,000

3D-tomography TEM JEM-3200FSK 13,000

Payment is done by the budget written in the Atomic Resolution Analytical TEM JEM-
15,000
application form ARM200CF
Cs- corrected STEM/TEM JEM-ARM200F 14,000
When using in multiple budgets, new application form
submission is need for each. Digital TEM TECNAI-20 8,700
Conventional TEM JEM-2100HCKM 6,100

Payment for each month is withdrawal next Conventional TEM JEM-2000EX 6,000
month Micro-calorimeter FE-SEM ULTRA55+TES 7,700
Dual-beam FIB/SEM Quanta 3D 200ｉ 13,000
Budgets other than Kyushu Univ. can not by L-shape FIB/SEM MI4000L 19,000
used for March Lorenz TEM TECNAI-F20 9,200
Only 「授業料/自己収入」 or Donations（next FY） are available for
Holography TEM HF-3300X 11,000
payments.
PIPSⅡ Model 695
TEM Mill Model 1050
1,100
Usage Fee list of Oct 1, 2019 Nano Mill Model 1040
Ionslicer EM-09100 IS
The Fee list may change Sputter coater JFC 1600
500 / time
Check our WEB site for the updated list Carbon coater EC 32010CC
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Flow-chart of Cooperative Utilization

1. Attend the Training

Course
COOPERATIVE
2. Submit the USE
application form of
research project
5. Charge Payment
3. Booking request
submission
6. Research Report
Submission
4. Check your machine-
time
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6. Research Report Submission

Research Report Submission is need at the end of the

Academic Year

• Status Report (One Paper)

• List of Publications/Presentations
• List of Degrees / Awards
• Manuscript for the Annual Report
Annual Report will be uploaded to the Repository of Kyushu
Univ. Take care or the property rights and originality if the
material is already reported to a academic journal

Examples of the reports are available in our WEB site

http://www.hvem.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/guide_01.html
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Contact
The
Ultramicroscopy
Research Center
Building : CE21
Address : 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku,
Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan

TEL / FAX : +81-92-802-3292

Ito Campus Int. TEL : 3292
Email : hvem_office@hvem.kyushu-u.ac.jp
WEB site : http://www.hvem.kyushu-u.ac.jp/