Scientists use scanning tunneling microscopy to understand how a material's electronic or magnetic properties relate to its ...

We’ve all likely seen the amazing images possible with a scanning electron microscope. An SEM can yield remarkably detailed 3D images of the tiniest structures, and they can be invaluable too… ...

Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is an advanced analytical tool that massively outstrips the capabilities of traditional ...

The last time we used a scanning electron microscope (a SEM), it looked like something from a bad 1950s science fiction movie. These days SEMs, like the one at the IBM research center, look like ...

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM): Atomic Force Microscopy, another prominent SPM technique, uses a cantilever with a sharp tip to physically touch the surface and measure the force between the tip and ...

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 ...

I built a 3D printed, scanning laser confocal microscope so I could collect 3D surface topology and profilometry data! The microscope stage is based on an OpenFlexure "Delta" stage, and the ...

A common example is knock-on damage, whereby an intense electron beam can shift the positions of atoms in a sample. Damage or resolution “Reducing the electron dose would limit the sample damage, but ...

You didn't wake up this morning thinking that a tick under a scanning electron microscope was going to be the coolest thing you saw all day, and yet here you are. After discovering some ticks ...