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Title: Dynamic imaging with electron microscopy

Abstract

Livermore researchers have perfected an electron microscope to study fast-evolving material processes and chemical reactions. By applying engineering, microscopy, and laser expertise to the decades-old technology of electron microscopy, the dynamic transmission electron microscope (DTEM) team has developed a technique that can capture images of phenomena that are both very small and very fast. DTEM uses a precisely timed laser pulse to achieve a short but intense electron beam for imaging. When synchronized with a dynamic event in the microscope's field of view, DTEM allows scientists to record and measure material changes in action. A new movie-mode capability, which earned a 2013 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine, uses up to nine laser pulses to sequentially capture fast, irreversible, even one-of-a-kind material changes at the nanometer scale. DTEM projects are advancing basic and applied materials research, including such areas as nanostructure growth, phase transformations, and chemical reactions.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1132771
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ULTRA VIOLET; LLNL; IMAGING; DTEM; LASER

Citation Formats

Campbell, Geoffrey, McKeown, Joe, and Santala, Melissa. Dynamic imaging with electron microscopy. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Campbell, Geoffrey, McKeown, Joe, & Santala, Melissa. Dynamic imaging with electron microscopy. United States.
Campbell, Geoffrey, McKeown, Joe, and Santala, Melissa. Thu . "Dynamic imaging with electron microscopy". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1132771.
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abstractNote = {Livermore researchers have perfected an electron microscope to study fast-evolving material processes and chemical reactions. By applying engineering, microscopy, and laser expertise to the decades-old technology of electron microscopy, the dynamic transmission electron microscope (DTEM) team has developed a technique that can capture images of phenomena that are both very small and very fast. DTEM uses a precisely timed laser pulse to achieve a short but intense electron beam for imaging. When synchronized with a dynamic event in the microscope's field of view, DTEM allows scientists to record and measure material changes in action. A new movie-mode capability, which earned a 2013 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine, uses up to nine laser pulses to sequentially capture fast, irreversible, even one-of-a-kind material changes at the nanometer scale. DTEM projects are advancing basic and applied materials research, including such areas as nanostructure growth, phase transformations, and chemical reactions.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2014}
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