3M installs atomic-scale microscope to advance materials research

M (MMM) on Thursday said it installed a scanning transmission electron microscope capable of imaging materials at the atomic ...
Phys.org

New microscopy technique achieves 1-nanometer resolution for atomic-scale imaging

Understanding the interaction between light and matter at the smallest scales (angstrom scale) is essential for advancing technology and materials science. Atomic-scale structures, such as defects in ...
Phys.org

In situ microscopy gives atomic-level view of mitochondria

Novel high-resolution microscopy technology is allowing researchers to see for the first time the dynamic processes of respiration in a native membrane environment at the atomic level. The new ...
C&EN

Atomic Force Microscopy: Seeing on the Atomic Scale

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a way to investigate the surface features of some materials. It works by “feeling” or “touching” the surface with an extremely small probe. This provides a ...
Medical Xpress

Atomic force microscopy in the characterization and clinical evaluation of neurological disorders

Neurological disorders are becoming an increasingly significant societal burden, highlighting the critical need for improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), known ...
The Scientist

Atomic Force Microscopy to See the Invisible

What Is Atomic Force Microscopy? Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful technique that enables surface ultrastructure visualization at molecular resolution. 1 Besides three-dimensional (3D) ...
Nature

All-optical subcycle microscopy on atomic length scales

Field-resolving metrology of electromagnetic waves has heralded a revolution in the science of light–matter interaction. By exploiting calibrated nonlinearities to directly map the time evolution of ...
EurekAlert!

New cryo-microscope technique reveals atomic secrets of air-sensitive materials without destroying them

The integrated workflow combines glovebox sample preparation, liquid-nitrogen cold-chain transfer, and Cs-corrected cryo-TEM imaging, enabling continuous protection of air-sensitive materials from ...
Hackaday

Building The Simplest Atomic Force Microscope

Doing it yourself may not get you the most precise lab equipment in the world, but it gets you a hands-on appreciation of the techniques that just can’t be beat. Today’s example of this adage: [Stoppi ...
Medicine Buffalo

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

The Park FX40 Automatic Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) System is capable of high spatial resolution surface mapping and is equipped with a True Non-Contact TM mode capable of nanoscale surface analysis ...
The Scientist

Atomic Force Microscope, circa 1985

In July 1985, three physicists—Gerd Binnig of the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Christoph Gerber of the University of Basel, and Calvin Quate of Stanford University—puzzled over a problem while ...