An object of the present invention is to provide a medium; a specimen; a method for preparing the specimen; a method for observing the specimen; a sample cell; and an electron microscope capable of easily solving the problem of charge-up and further capable of observing a real shape or the like of a sample with a SEM, a TEM or the like. For the purpose of achieving the above-described object, the present invention uses an electrical conductivity-imparting liquid medium, for use in a microscope, which includes an ionic liquid as an essential component thereof and is impregnated into the entirety of a SEM or TEM sample or applied to the observation surface of a SEM or TEM sample to impart electrical conductivity at least to the observation surface of the sample. According to the present invention, the charge built up on the sample surface can be released simply by impregnating or coating the sample with the ionic liquid, and hence the problem of charge-up can be easily solved. Further, even when a sample impregnated or coated with the ionic liquid is placed under vacuum, the ionic liquid is not evaporated from the sample, and hence a biological sample can be observed as it is in an original shape.
本发明的目的是提供一种介质;一种试样;一种制备试样的方法;一种观察试样的方法;一种样品池;以及一种电子显微镜,该电子显微镜能够轻松解决充电问题,并能进一步利用扫描电镜、电子显微镜或类似装置观察试样的真实形状或类似形状。为了实现上述目的,本发明使用了一种用于显微镜的导电液体介质,其中包括作为其重要成分的
离子液体,并将其浸渍到整个
SEM 或
TEM 样品中,或涂抹到
SEM 或
TEM 样品的观察表面上,以至少在样品的观察表面上赋予导电性。根据本发明,只需在样品上浸渍或涂覆
离子液体,就能释放样品表面积累的电荷,从而轻松解决电荷积累问题。此外,即使将浸渍或涂覆
离子液体的样品置于真空中,
离子液体也不会从样品中蒸发,因此可以观察到
生物样品的原始形状。