4D electron microscopy imaging in space and time

The modern electron microscope, as a result of recent revolutionary developments and many evolutionary ones, now yields a wealth of quantitative knowledge pertaining to structure, dynamics, and function barely matched by any other single scientific instrument. It is also poised to contribute much ne...

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Hauptverfasser: Zewail, Ahmed H, Thomas, J. M. (John Meurig)
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Imperial College Press 2010
Hackensack, NJ Distributed by World Scientific Pub
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
World Scientific Publishing Company
IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS
Schlagworte:
Biophysics
Cell and Molecular Biology
Electron microscopy
Electron Microscopy, Scanning, Tunnelling
Genetics and Genomics
Hyperspace
Nanoelectronics
Physical Chemistry
SCIENCE
Space and time
Structural Biology
Three-dimensional imaging
ISBN:1848163908, 9781848163904, 1848164009, 9781848164000, 1848163916, 9781848163911
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Zusammenfassung:The modern electron microscope, as a result of recent revolutionary developments and many evolutionary ones, now yields a wealth of quantitative knowledge pertaining to structure, dynamics, and function barely matched by any other single scientific instrument. It is also poised to contribute much new spatially-resolved and time-resolved insights of central importance in the exploration of most aspects of condensed matter, ranging from the physical to the biological sciences. Whereas in all conventional EM methods, imaging, diffraction, and chemical analyses have been conducted in a static — time-integrated — manner, now it has become possible to unite the time domain with the spatial one, thereby creating four-dimensional (4D) electron microscopy. This advance is based on the fundamental concept of timed, coherent single-electron packets, or electron pulses, which are liberated with femtosecond durations. Structural phase transitions, mechanical deformations, and the embryonic stages of melting and crystallization are examples of phenomena that can now be imaged in unprecedented structural detail with high spatial resolution, and ten orders of magnitude as fast as hitherto.
Bibliographie:9781848164000 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781848163904 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1848163908 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1848164009 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1848163908
9781848163904
1848164009
9781848164000
1848163916
9781848163911
DOI:10.1142/p641