K3 IS Camera | Gatan, Inc.

Advantages:

K3^® IS – The world’s only counting, high-speed, large-format camera for in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). With an unprecedented temporal resolution, this true next-generation camera collects the ultimate in-situ data to extend the K3 resolution revolution into material science.

Better

See your sample, not beam-induced artifacts
Capture the highest-quality, low-dose, in-situ video with the industry-leading DQE and sensitivity

Faster

Count single electrons at unsurpassed speeds
- 250 frames per seconds (fps) at full field of view saved to disk in real-time
- >3500 fps at 256 x 256 pixels saved to disk in real-time
Shorten time to results with the market-leading DigitalMicrograph^® in-situ processing utilities and free offline tools

Larger

Expand the field of view to 14- or 24-megapixels – Up to 1.65 times the size of the K2^® IS camera

Media Library:

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Publications

Nondeterministic dynamics in the η-to-θ phase transition of alumina nanoparticles

Science

2025

Sakakibara, M.; Hanaya, M.; Nakamuro, T.; Nakamura, E.

Reassessing chain tilt in the lamellar crystals of polyethylene

Nature Communications

2023

Kanomi, S.; Marubayashi, H.; Miyata, T.; Jinnai, H.

How to get something out of nothing (almost!): Extracting information from noisy data

Microscopy and Microanalysis

2022

Crozier, P. A.

Resources:

Models 1026, 1027

Datasheet

Applications

Enhancing signal-to-noise in high-resolution in-situ videos with a new AI denoising technique

K3 IS camera for electron ptychography: Mapping oxygen in SrTiO₃

$Acquiring counted electron diffraction data without a beam stop with Gatan electron counting direct detectors$

Acquiring counted electron diffraction data without a beam stop with Gatan electron counting direct detectors

In-situ lattice-resolution imaging of hydrogen absorption into nanoparticles

In-situ observation of the annealing of Pt islands into branched Ru nanostructures to make single-atom catalysts

Imaging carbon nanoparticle agglomeration on MoS₂ at a low dose rate

Imaging a lithium metal battery solid electrolyte interphase

Imaging of graphene at 200 kV using electron counting

Electric field mapping in 2D heterostructures using differential phase contrast

Magnetite nanoparticle orientation mapping from a 4D STEM dataset

Dynamic in-situ lithiation of NiS-filled carbon nanotubes

Electron counting 4D STEM studies of human tooth enamel

Grain boundary structure of two-dimensional tellurium revealed by 4D STEM

Observing beam-induced dendritic growth over two different timescales

Magnetite nanoparticle orientation mapping from a single low-dose transmission electron microscope image

Virtual (BF/DF) imaging reveals the position and concentration of precipitates in a Ni-W alloy

Electric field-induced structural dynamics in MoS2 observed using in-situ transmission electron microscopy

K3 IS: Low dose EM meets catalysis

Imaging discrete ions at a liquid-solid interface using low-dose cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and electron counting

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Acknowledgment

Continuing our prosperous collaborations that built the K2, the K3 is the successful result of Peter Denes' team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and David Agard.

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