Electron microscopy has increasingly found more applications in recent years. Every sample has a mixture of optimized settings that must be utilized to enhance the results of the investigation. This ...

MXenes are an important recent discovery in two-dimensional (2D) materials research. Since the unique 2D material class was discovered, electron microscopy techniques have been the primary method used ...

Today we are machining some metal inside the scanning electron microscope! By creating a custom fixture, we can manually ...

When Gang Ren whirls the controls of his cryo-electron microscope, he compares it to fine-tuning the gearshift and brakes of a racing bicycle. But this machine at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s ...

James Hillier, the Canadian-born physicist who made the first practical electron microscope, then personally convinced hundreds of scientists to use it, has died. He was 91. Hillier died of a stroke ...