SEM stands for scanning electron microscope. The SEM is a microscope that uses electrons instead of light to form an image. Since their development in the early 1950's, scanning electron microscopes ...

A scanning probe microscope comes in a wide variety of flavors, they all produce a set of data points containing the measurements at each location. Usually these data points form a regular 2D grid ...

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy is a subset of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), a group of techniques that image and manipulate surfaces at the nanometer to atomic scales. SPM techniques share the ...

So even though this microscope has never actually seen its full price of $800 in maybe ever, the price of $90 is still a good ...

This diagram illustrates the setup of a Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM) system. An undulator generates a beam of X-rays, which is then focused using a crystal monochromator and a zone ...

The shapes and textures of quartz grains speak to the processes that molded and transported them. A new tool from Stanford ...

Researchers at University of California Davis (UC Davis) have designed a new laser-scanning approach to microscopy that is expected to open doors to brain-imaging in mouse models with improved speed ...

Scanning electron microscopy reveals the shape and texture of a quartz sand grain from the Mississippi River. The pictured sand grain is about 200 micrometers in length. (Image credit: Michael Hasson) ...

He explains how a light microscope works, and takes a look at sperm, red and white blood cells, and the surface of a leaf. He then discusses the difference between a transmission and scanning ...

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A new open-source software package developed by Monash University researcher Julian Ceddia aims to significantly streamline the study of materials using scanning tunneling microscopes (STMs).