The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials
Abstract We developed universal sample holders [the Kochi grid, Kochi clamp, and Okazaki cell) and a transfer vessel (facility-to-facility transfer container (FFTC)] to analyze sensitive and fragile samples, such as extremely small extraterrestrial materials. The holders and container prevent degrad...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
SpringerOpen
2020-09-01
|
| Series: | Earth, Planets and Space |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01267-2 |
| _version_ | 1818863890650365952 |
|---|---|
| author | Motoo Ito Naotaka Tomioka Kentaro Uesugi Masayuki Uesugi Yu Kodama Ikuya Sakurai Ikuo Okada Takuji Ohigashi Hayato Yuzawa Akira Yamaguchi Naoya Imae Yuzuru Karouji Naoki Shirai Toru Yada Masanao Abe |
| author_facet | Motoo Ito Naotaka Tomioka Kentaro Uesugi Masayuki Uesugi Yu Kodama Ikuya Sakurai Ikuo Okada Takuji Ohigashi Hayato Yuzawa Akira Yamaguchi Naoya Imae Yuzuru Karouji Naoki Shirai Toru Yada Masanao Abe |
| author_sort | Motoo Ito |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Abstract We developed universal sample holders [the Kochi grid, Kochi clamp, and Okazaki cell) and a transfer vessel (facility-to-facility transfer container (FFTC)] to analyze sensitive and fragile samples, such as extremely small extraterrestrial materials. The holders and container prevent degradation, contamination due to the terrestrial atmosphere (water vapor and oxygen gas) and small particles, as well as mechanical sample damage. The FFTC can isolate the samples from the effects of the atmosphere for more than a week. The Kochi grid and clamp were made for a coordinated micro/nano-analysis that utilizes a focused-ion beam apparatus, transmission electron microscope, and nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry. The Okazaki cell was developed as an additional attachment for a scanning transmission X-ray microscope that uses near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). These new apparatuses help to minimize possible alterations from the exposure of the samples to air. The coordinated analysis involving these holders was successfully carried out without any sample damage or loss, thereby enabling us to obtain sufficient analytical datasets of textures, crystallography, elemental/isotopic abundances, and molecular functional groups for µm-sized minerals and organics in both the Antarctic micrometeorite and a carbonaceous chondrite. We will apply the coordinated analysis to acquire the complex characteristics in samples obtained by the future spacecraft sample return mission. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-19T10:22:57Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-892c0b4653c64703900bcaea8819e87e |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1880-5981 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-19T10:22:57Z |
| publishDate | 2020-09-01 |
| publisher | SpringerOpen |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Earth, Planets and Space |
| spelling | doaj.art-892c0b4653c64703900bcaea8819e87e2022-12-21T20:25:59ZengSpringerOpenEarth, Planets and Space1880-59812020-09-0172111110.1186/s40623-020-01267-2The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materialsMotoo Ito0Naotaka Tomioka1Kentaro Uesugi2Masayuki Uesugi3Yu Kodama4Ikuya Sakurai5Ikuo Okada6Takuji Ohigashi7Hayato Yuzawa8Akira Yamaguchi9Naoya Imae10Yuzuru Karouji11Naoki Shirai12Toru Yada13Masanao Abe14Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC), Kochi Institute for Core Sample ResearchJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC), Kochi Institute for Core Sample ResearchJapan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI/SPring-8)Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI/SPring-8)Marine Works JapanSynchrotron Radiation Research Center, Nagoya UniversitySynchrotron Radiation Research Center, Nagoya UniversityInstitute for Molecular Science, UVSOR Synchrotron, National Institutes of Natural SciencesInstitute for Molecular Science, UVSOR Synchrotron, National Institutes of Natural SciencesNational Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)JAXA Space Exploration Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityInstitute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Abstract We developed universal sample holders [the Kochi grid, Kochi clamp, and Okazaki cell) and a transfer vessel (facility-to-facility transfer container (FFTC)] to analyze sensitive and fragile samples, such as extremely small extraterrestrial materials. The holders and container prevent degradation, contamination due to the terrestrial atmosphere (water vapor and oxygen gas) and small particles, as well as mechanical sample damage. The FFTC can isolate the samples from the effects of the atmosphere for more than a week. The Kochi grid and clamp were made for a coordinated micro/nano-analysis that utilizes a focused-ion beam apparatus, transmission electron microscope, and nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry. The Okazaki cell was developed as an additional attachment for a scanning transmission X-ray microscope that uses near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). These new apparatuses help to minimize possible alterations from the exposure of the samples to air. The coordinated analysis involving these holders was successfully carried out without any sample damage or loss, thereby enabling us to obtain sufficient analytical datasets of textures, crystallography, elemental/isotopic abundances, and molecular functional groups for µm-sized minerals and organics in both the Antarctic micrometeorite and a carbonaceous chondrite. We will apply the coordinated analysis to acquire the complex characteristics in samples obtained by the future spacecraft sample return mission.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01267-2Universal sample holderCoordinated analysisHayabusa2 returned sampleAsteroid ryugu |
| spellingShingle | Motoo Ito Naotaka Tomioka Kentaro Uesugi Masayuki Uesugi Yu Kodama Ikuya Sakurai Ikuo Okada Takuji Ohigashi Hayato Yuzawa Akira Yamaguchi Naoya Imae Yuzuru Karouji Naoki Shirai Toru Yada Masanao Abe The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials Earth, Planets and Space Universal sample holder Coordinated analysis Hayabusa2 returned sample Asteroid ryugu |
| title | The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials |
| title_full | The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials |
| title_fullStr | The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials |
| title_short | The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials |
| title_sort | universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of fib tem nanosims and stxm nexafs for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials |
| topic | Universal sample holder Coordinated analysis Hayabusa2 returned sample Asteroid ryugu |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01267-2 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT motooito theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT naotakatomioka theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT kentarouesugi theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT masayukiuesugi theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT yukodama theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT ikuyasakurai theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT ikuookada theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT takujiohigashi theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT hayatoyuzawa theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT akirayamaguchi theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT naoyaimae theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT yuzurukarouji theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT naokishirai theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT toruyada theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT masanaoabe theuniversalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT motooito universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT naotakatomioka universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT kentarouesugi universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT masayukiuesugi universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT yukodama universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT ikuyasakurai universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT ikuookada universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT takujiohigashi universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT hayatoyuzawa universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT akirayamaguchi universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT naoyaimae universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT yuzurukarouji universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT naokishirai universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT toruyada universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials AT masanaoabe universalsampleholdersofmicroanalyticalinstrumentsoffibtemnanosimsandstxmnexafsforthecoordinatedanalysisofextraterrestrialmaterials |