Wolfgang Grünewald , PhD

Wolfgang Grünewald
  • Has a PhD in experimental physics, Department of Physics, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
  • In his diploma and dissertation, he dealt with TEM investigation of thin films and ion milling as appropriate sample preparation method
  • Worked 12 years as application manager at Bal-Tec, in development of ion milling systems and preparation methods
  • Since 2008, worldwide specialist for Solid States sample preparation within Leica Microsystems
  • Owner of 5 patents and author of many scientific publications
EBSD grain size distribution of the cross section of a gold wire within a silicon matrix from inside a CPU (central processing unit of a computer). The grains are highlighted with arbitrary colors.

High-Quality EBSD Sample Preparation

This article describes a method for EBSD sample preparation of challenging materials. The high-quality samples required for electron backscatter diffraction are prepared with broad ion-beam milling.
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