A roadmap for atomic force microscopy use in next-generation semiconductor and energy materials research

For smartphones and computers to become smaller and faster, technologies capable of precisely controlling electrical ...
The Scientist

Atomic Force Microscopy to See the Invisible

What Is Atomic Force Microscopy? Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful technique that enables surface ultrastructure visualization at molecular resolution. 1 Besides three-dimensional (3D) ...
C&EN

Atomic Force Microscopy: Seeing on the Atomic Scale

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a way to investigate the surface features of some materials. It works by “feeling” or “touching” the surface with an extremely small probe. This provides a ...
Phys.org

In situ microscopy gives atomic-level view of mitochondria

Novel high-resolution microscopy technology is allowing researchers to see for the first time the dynamic processes of respiration in a native membrane environment at the atomic level. The new ...
Hackaday

Building The Simplest Atomic Force Microscope

Doing it yourself may not get you the most precise lab equipment in the world, but it gets you a hands-on appreciation of the techniques that just can’t be beat. Today’s example of this adage: [Stoppi ...
The Scientist

Atomic Force Microscope, circa 1985

In July 1985, three physicists—Gerd Binnig of the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Christoph Gerber of the University of Basel, and Calvin Quate of Stanford University—puzzled over a problem while ...
AZoNano

South Dakota Mines Adds New Powerful Atomic Force Microscope to Boost Biological Research in Bioprocessing, Agriculture, Energy, Medicine and More

Rajesh Sani, Ph.D., a professor in the Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and in the Department of Chemistry, Biology and Health Sciences at South Dakota Mines, has ...
Nanowerk

Understanding Scanning Tunneling Microscopy for Precise Surface Analysis

Overview of the main types of Scannig Probe Microscope types: Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) – using the tunneling current I between the outermost atom of a conducting probe within an atomic ...
Nasdaq

World's first observation of magnetic fields of individual lattice planes achieved using Hitachi's atomic-resolution holography electron microscope

TOKYO, Jul 4, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, Hitachi), Kyushu University, RIKEN, and HREM Research Inc. (HREM) today announced the world's first observation of magnetic fields of ...
Computerworld

World’s most powerful microscope gives 3-D look at atomic structures

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory made a big leap in their research into all things small. Within the past few months, scientists there began using what they say is the world’s most ...