electron

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In an earlier experiment, Doshi used a scanning electron microscope to examine nanostructures on a polymer film.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

"We realized that we could use these electron beams to control topography at very fine scales," Doshi said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

A team of researchers has pushed the limits to an extreme, creating one so tiny it can only be detected using an electron microscope.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Using scanning electron microscopy and light-based microscopy, they found that stearates look nearly identical to polyethylene, a common plastic.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

I can’t think of myself, my body, sometimes, without seeing the skeleton: how I must appear to an electron.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood