The microscope revolution that’s sweeping through materials science

Science, Institutions & the Industrial Revolution

Materials Challenges for the MEMS Revolution

Reducing the size of an engineered system is a challenge often faced by designers and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of electronics. The first digital computer known as the Electronic Numerical Intergrator and Computer (ENIAC) was an enormous system constructed from over 18,000 vacuum tubes, 1,500 relays, and hundreds of thousands of resistors, capacitors, and inductors. ENIAC w...

Strings through the Microscope *

Over the last few years, string theory has changed profoundly. Most importantly , novel duality relations have emerged which involve gauge theories of brane excitations on one side and various closed string backgrounds on the other. In this lecture, we introduce the fundamental ingredients of modern string theory and explain how they are modeled through 2D (boundary) conformal field theory. Thi...

Multivariate statistical methods for the analysis of microscope image series: applications in materials science

Multivariate data sets are now produced in several types of microscopy. Multivariate statistical methods are necessary in order to extract the useful information contained in such (image or spectrum) series. In this review, linear and nonlinear multivariate methods are described and illustrated with examples related both to the segmentation of microanalytical maps and to the study of variabilit...

A scanning transmission x-ray microscope for materials science spectromicroscopy at the advanced light source

Design and performance of a scanning transmission x-ray microscope ~STXM! at the Advanced Light Source is described. This instrument makes use of a high brightness undulator beamline and extends the STXM technique to new areas of research. After 2.5 years of development it is now an operational tool for research in polymer science, environmental chemistry, and magnetic materials. © 1998 America...