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Dark and bright areas around atoms in a scanning tunnelling microscope image
Recently IBM created world’s smallest ever animation on an atomic scale video. Researchers made the animation using a scanning tunnelling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules to ...
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Can we make images of single atoms?
I was wondering how far in imaging physics had gotten. Do we hold the technology to actually take a picture of, say, an alpha particle, or even a single atom?
I realise we aren't talking about camera ...
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What if $\gamma$-rays in Electron microscope?
I was referring Electron microscopes and read that the electrons have wavelength way less than that of visible light. But, the question I can't find an answer was that, If gamma radiation has the ...
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How does QM allow imaging of individual electron orbitals?
Question: Why does the uncertainty principle allow probing of characteristics specific to the electron orbital distribution? If you measure an electron's position/momentum, then after you measure ...
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Making or Demonstrating Principle of Electron Microscope
is it possible to either demonstrate the principle or make a SEM ( electron microscope ) at home or lab as an enthusiast??
and how can i start?
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Measurement of Tangential Momentum Accomodation?
(this question is a crosspost from theoretical physics.)
I am using atomic force microscopy (AFM) for characterizing
pores of the size of nanometers for application in gas flow. For
this, knowing ...
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Scaling an electron microscope to fit within 1 cubic cm when running multiple parallel scans [closed]
Yes, I'm serious.
What components correspond to an individual scan vrs what components
can be cascaded across all objects?
Ex: The vacuum chamber can be cascaded ( colocate the sample chambers ...
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Does coverslip thickness matter for high NA oil immersion objectives?
This question is related to Impact of covering glass on lens performance.
I use a 63x TIRF objective with a numerical aperture of 1.46 and oil immersion.
The immersion oil has an index of ...
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What do ants see?
After watching some ants in my garden today, and then looking at this very illuminating demonstration, I got to wondering, about what they would see. Not specifically ants (I understand their ...
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How does an electron microscope work?
I am a physics novice.
Google tells me that electron microscopes work much like their optical counterparts -- but the analogy falls apart for me when I think about what I'm "viewing." Obviously, you ...
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PSF Measurements In Fluorescence Imaging
Quite a technical question!
I have measured the Point Spread Function of 100nm fluorescent breads with my Olympus scanning head. I'm two-photon exciting the beads with a wavelength of 800nm and ...
