Electron microscopy of atoms in crystals
DOI: 10.1063/1.3037451
From its beginnings the field of electron microscopy has sought, as its ultimate aim, the ability to study the structure of matter by imaging the individual atoms that compose it. The resolution necessary to attain this goal is obtainable in principle, because the electron wavelengths of the beams normally used are less than 0.1 Å, What has kept this goal from realization are practical difficulties in the design and construction of electron microscopes. These difficulties have now been overcome to the extent that resolutions of 2–3 Å, close to the interatomic distances in some solids, have been achieved.
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John M. Cowley, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Sumio Iijima, Arizona State University, Tempe.
