Berkeley Lab and University of Colorado-Boulder team develop new way to reveal crystal features in functional materials

The findings present a promising step forward towards being able to manipulate and control the behaviour of high energy, or ‘hot’, electrons

The current study provides the first images of the RyR1 channel in the open state, as well as in various conformations in which it has changed shape but the channel has not yet opened

The research involves the development and testing of new technology that will allow them to view what the naked eye is unable to see

The automated process is controlled by weaving a STEM instrument’s electron beam through a liquid-filled cell to spur deposition of metal onto a silicon microchip

"This work is an excellent example of the materials advances possible when we close the feedback loop between first principles calculations and atomic resolution electron microscopy," says researcher

Recently developed superresolution (SR) microscopy breaks the diffraction limit and offers the requisite spatial resolution but usually at the cost of slow imaging speed and excessive damage

Using an atomic force microscope, the team of researchers has now succeeded in displaying this reaction at atomic resolution

The scientists suggested analyzing the structure of photonic crystals using optical diffraction method, that is, by looking at the light pattern generated while the sample is exposed to a laser beam

A group of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers in Germany report using 3-D direct laser writing based on two-photon polymerization as a tool to fabricate custom-made probes for atomic force microscopy (AFM).

Method developed at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source could help researchers improve battery performance

Using their new method, the scientists have determined the forces surrounding defects in crystals