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TEM breaks one Angstrom resolution barrier, sees atoms.(Testing/Analysis)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  June, 2004  

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The one-Angstrom image resolution barrier has reportedly been broken with a 200 kV transmission electron microscope (TEM) from the FEI Co., Hillsboro, Ore. This is said to be the first time images have been directly viewed at a resolution of less than one Angstrom with commercially available technologies.

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One Angstrom is approximately one-third the size of a carbon atom and is a key dimension for atomic level research. With the ability to attain direct artifact-free images of atoms, researchers can examine materials at a resolution not possible before. The sub-Angstrom resolution ...

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