Nanospecimen Preparation
Using state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), researchers at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials take images of specimens that can be as small as a few billionths of a meter in size—so small that their atomic structure and chemistry are revealed. Materials scientists use this information to develop new nanotechnologies and pursue answers to fundamental energy challenges.
But knowledge of a material at the atomic scale isn't easy to come by. In order to yield results, researchers need a well-prepared nanospecimen.
These miniscule bits of material differ widely, and could be composed of photovoltaic material, ceramics, silicon, organic tissue, or one of any number of materials, each yielding unique data. The only thing all of these nanospecimens have in common is the likelihood that Kim Kisslinger (above), a technical associate at Brookhaven, prepared the sample to be picture-perfect no matter what the specifications.
Nanospecimen Preparation
Using state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), researchers at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials take images of specimens that can be as small as a few billionths of a meter in size—so small that their atomic structure and chemistry are revealed. Materials scientists use this information to develop new nanotechnologies and pursue answers to fundamental energy challenges.
But knowledge of a material at the atomic scale isn't easy to come by. In order to yield results, researchers need a well-prepared nanospecimen.
These miniscule bits of material differ widely, and could be composed of photovoltaic material, ceramics, silicon, organic tissue, or one of any number of materials, each yielding unique data. The only thing all of these nanospecimens have in common is the likelihood that Kim Kisslinger (above), a technical associate at Brookhaven, prepared the sample to be picture-perfect no matter what the specifications.