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Title: The future of electron microscopy

Journal Article · · Physics Today
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2747· OSTI ID:1228826
 [1];  [2]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Seeing is believing. So goes the old adage and seen evidence is undoubtedly satisfying because it can be interpreted easily, though not always correctly. For centuries, humans have developed such instruments as telescopes that observe the heavens and microscopes that reveal bacteria and viruses. The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and William Moerner for their foundational work on superresolution fluorescence microscopy in which they overcame the Abbe diffraction limit for the resolving power of conventional light microscopes. (See Physics Today, December 2014, page 18.) That breakthrough enabled discoveries in biological research and testifies to the importance of modern microscopy.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC00112704
OSTI ID:
1228826
Report Number(s):
BNL-108108-2015-JA; PHTOAD; R&D Project: MA015MACA; KC0201010
Journal Information:
Physics Today, Vol. 68, Issue 4; ISSN 0031-9228
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 35 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Large-Amplitude Spin Dynamics Driven by a THz Pulse in Resonance with an Electromagnon journal March 2014

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