Electron Microscopy

Contact: Eli Sutter, Yimei Zhu

Knowledge of structure and chemistry at the atomic scale is a prerequisite for advances in modern materials science and nanotechnology. Advanced electron microscopy can provide such knowledge that will enable us not only to understand, but also to control the physical and chemical behavior of nanostructured materials. The electron microscopy facility at CFN focuses on identifying nanoscale structure-property relationships of energy related materials by employing state-of-the-art instruments. We emphasize technique development that will enhance our facility capabilities for user based science as well as our own research projects.

Thanks to the recent advances in electron optics aberration correction and quantitative electron microscopy instrumentation, a new generation of transmission electron microscope (TEM) can now be designed and built. These instruments will be capable of image resolution better than 0.1 nm and spectroscopic resolution better than 0.2 eV. The instruments will allow the design of special purpose sample stages that convert a microscope to a true experimental nanomaterials laboratory. With such microscopes we can conduct various experiments crucial to nanoscience and technology, ranging from in-situ sample fabrication and structural characterization to property measurements on a nanoscale to answer national’s energy challenge.

To learn more about electron microscopy research activities, see IAEM.

Associated Group Facilities

• Electron Microscopy Facility

Group Members

• Yimei Zhu, Senior Scientist and Group Leader
• Eli Sutter, Scientist
• Lihua Zhang, Scientific Associate
• Mirko Milas, Research Associate

Last Modified: May 6, 2008
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