Now two teams of researchers have devised unconventional lenses that could capture
the nanoworld without killing it.
«Electron tomography with 3487 images in 3.5 seconds: High - speed electron tomography sets new standards for 3 - D images of
the nanoworld.»
In
the nanoworld, this is quite a considerable distance,» says Christian Wagner.
Designing a contraption that will do your bidding in
the nanoworld is not so easy, says Feringa, of the University of
It's the emergence of technologies such as atomic force microscopy that has changed the game by finally opening a window on
the nanoworld.
Ultratight focusing over very short distances beats the best lenses; the discovery could bring
the nanoworld up close and into focus
In
the nanoworld, tiny particles of gold can operate like snow blowers, churning through surface layers of an important class of semiconductors to dig unerringly straight paths.
But with truly innovative ideas now emerging from
the nanoworld — ideas that don't just scale down existing treatments but take entirely new approaches — they see potential for real breakthroughs that will save patients» lives.
Using the European XFEL's brilliant X-ray radiation, physicists, chemists, biologists, and other scientists from all over the world will be able to map the atomic details of viruses, decipher the molecular composition of cells, take three - dimensional images of
the nanoworld, film chemical reactions, study processes such as those occurring deep inside planets, and more.