While the original electron microscope arrived in the early 1930’s (there’s still a controversy to this day over who invented the very first one), scientists have relied on what are known as ...

As the beam passes through or bounces off the sample, the microscope detects the interaction between the electrons and the atoms of the material. There are two main types of electron microscopes ...

Specifically, the electron detector is designed for use in a scanning electron microscope, which is typically used for inspecting the surface of a sample and retrieving a high-resolution, 3D image ...

An electron microscope consists of an electron gun, various lenses and optics, a sample holder and detectors oriented either in a transmission or scattering geometry. Due to the high voltages often ...

The electron beam follows a vertical path through the microscope, which is held within a vacuum. The beam travels through electromagnetic fields and lenses, which focus the beam down toward the sample ...

A new scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) technique that modulates the electron beam in response to the scattering rate allows images to be formed with the fewest electrons possible. The ...

Recently there has been a spate of scientific papers containing the phrase "vegetative electron microscopy/microscope". The term suggests a device for scanning broccoli, but it is utter nonsense.

Electron microscopes give us insight into the tiniest details of materials and can visualize, for example, the structure of solids, molecules or nanoparticles with atomic resolution.

It is a shared facility for microanalysis in materials research, and home to the University’s JEOL JEM 2010 High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope. The facility provides microanalysis ...

A study nearly 10 years in the making has shed new insight into how oxides can regularly sustain themselves, using the oxygen ...

For example, an environmental-scanning electron microscope that maintains a low vacuum in the sample chamber to view specimen with moisture is currently under development. References ...

Electron microscopes give us insight into the tiniest details of materials and can visualize, for example, the structure of solids, molecules or nanoparticles with atomic resolution. However, most ...