SEM stands for scanning electron microscope. The SEM is a microscope that uses electrons instead of light to form an image. Since their development in the early 1950's, scanning electron microscopes ...

Scanning electron microscopy is a general type of electron microscopy that generates a topological image of a sample using a beam of electrons to achieve much higher spatial resolution than light ...

Today we are machining some metal inside the scanning electron microscope! By creating a custom fixture, we can manually ...

Photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae and certain kinds of bacteria convert solar radiation into chemical energy ...

Oregon State University researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon ...

Researchers at Caltech have developed bioresorbable acoustic microrobots (BAM) capable of delivering therapeutic drugs ...

Deriving starch nanofibers directly from plants is a process that is both energy and water intensive. A team led by chemist ...

Researchers have created organic materials for brain and heart pacemakers, which rely on uninterrupted signal delivery to be effective. Using a plastic base known as polypropylene, the researchers ...

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Traditionally, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been an effective tool to examine nanoscale structures. SEM works by scanning a sample with a focused electron beam and capturing the SEs ...

Bake off 2023 finalist Josh Smalley got a unique close-up of his festive bakes using a powerful microscope to examine the ...

Using a STEM-in-SEM conversion holder, we can convert a scanning electron microscope into a scanning transmission microscope. Neat! ==== Timeline ==== 0:00 Intro 0:27 How an SEM works 1:50 Backscatter ...