Research

Glossary

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Fluorescent plate

It is a plate with luminous paint on it. Electrons makes the paint luminous. It is an analog tool to visualize TEM image…

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The mechanism of the electron microscope

When an electric current flows through an electron lens, the latter becomes an electromagnet. The electron microscope us…
The magnification of the electron microscope

Although the optical microscope enables us to observe the wavelength of light, which is about 0.2μm(=200nm), the electro…
The kinds of the electron microscope

Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM): it makes it possible to watch an object by letting electrons go through it. The …

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The scale of nanometer

People can recognize things as large as a millimeter. One-thousandth of a millimeter is 1 micrometer, which is the size …