Search results for scanning electron microscopy

Condensed Matter Mar 28, 2022

External magnetic field causes shift in electronic Dirac band structure in a kagome magnet

Working with a quantum material known as a kagome magnet, a team of Boston College physicists and colleagues have directly measured how individual electronic quantum states in the novel material respond to external magnetic ...

Nanomaterials Mar 21, 2022

A unimorph nanocomposite dielectric elastomer for large-scale actuation

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) can undergo large, reversible in-plane deformation. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Junhong Pu and a team of scientists in soft materials research and polymer science ...

Condensed Matter Feb 25, 2022

Scientists invent imaging method to assess quality of 3D-printed metal parts

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a fast and low-cost imaging method that can analyze the structure of 3D-printed metal parts and offer insights into the quality of ...

Biotechnology Feb 25, 2022

3D micromesh-based hybrid printing for microtissue engineering

Bioprinting is widely applicable to develop tissue engineering scaffolds and form tissue models in the lab. Materials scientists use this method to construct complex 3D structures based on different polymers and hydrogels; ...

Polymers Feb 24, 2022

Inorganic borophene liquid crystals may provide a superior new material for optoelectronic devices

Liquid crystals derived from borophene have risen in popularity, owing to their applicability in optoelectronic and photonic devices. However, their development requires a very narrow temperature range, which hinders their ...

Condensed Matter Feb 24, 2022

Visualization of the origin of magnetic forces by atomic resolution electron microscopy

The joint development team of Professor Shibata (the University of Tokyo), JEOL Ltd. and Monash University succeeded in directly observing an atomic magnetic field, the origin of magnets (magnetic force), for the first time ...

Nanomaterials Feb 18, 2022

Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water

Aluminum is a highly reactive metal that can strip oxygen from water molecules to generate hydrogen gas. Its widespread use in products that get wet poses no danger because aluminum instantly reacts with air to acquire a ...

Archaeology Feb 17, 2022

Complex urban processes discovered in the Indus civilization

Mesopotamia and the Indus civilization were both urban civilizations with large, densely populated and planned cities, 6000–1990 BCE. A new thesis in archaeology points out that the ancient Indus society showed complex patterns ...

Archaeology Feb 1, 2022

Did comet's fiery destruction lead to downfall of ancient Hopewell?

The rapid decline of the Hopewell culture about 1,500 years ago might be explained by falling debris from a near-Earth comet that created a devastating explosion over North America, laying waste to forests and Native American ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 31, 2022

Subfemtosecond imaging of quantum electronic coherences in molecules

In order to better understand (and possibly control) fast chemical reactions, it is necessary to study the behavior of electrons as precisely as possible—in both space and time. However, up to now, microscopy methods have ...

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