This surprising result relied on our use of scanning
tunnelling microscopy which allowed us to measure for the first time the three - dimensional structure of grain boundaries, including the precise angles between adjacent grains.»
Not exact matches
The recent study,
which was produced primarily through a research partnership between the University of Arkansas, Missouri State University and the University of Antwerp in Belgium, consisted of high - resolution transmission electron
microscopy combined with scanning
tunneling microscopy and state - of - the - art computational molecular dynamics.
Scanning
tunneling microscopy,
which produces images of individual atoms on a surface, was used to view the behavior of the platinum nanoparticles on the graphene.
Typically, scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) involves dragging a fine - tipped electrode over a structure, in this case the chain of iron atoms, and detecting its electronic properties, from
which an image can be constructed.