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Development and Application of an Internet Electron Microscopy System for the Outreach Program in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2008

Miyoko Tanaka ,
Akane Tameike ,
Nobuhiro Ishikawa  and
Kazuo Furuya
Miyoko Tanaka
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
Akane Tameike
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
Nobuhiro Ishikawa
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
Kazuo Furuya
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
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Abstract

The development of a remotely operated scanning electron microscopy (SEM) system and its use by high school students and the public as an outreach program are reported. The SEM and the server are located in the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, with client computers installed at a science museum and high schools. Using a secure virtual private network system and scheduling/management groupware, observation of SEM images and energy dispersive X-ray analysis are widely and frequently performed throughout Japan.

Keywords

remote controlInternetSEMoutreachnetworkgroupware
Type
Research Article
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 176 - 183
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© 2008 Microscopy Society of America

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