Microscope Creates Near-Real-Time Videos of Nanoscale Processes
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 13:50
in Physics & Chemistry
State-of-the-art atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are designed to capture images of structures as small as a fraction of a nanometer -- a million times smaller than the width of a human hair. In recent years, AFMs have produced desktop-worthy close-ups of atom-sized structures, from single strands of DNA to individual hydrogen bonds between molecules.