The Most Detailed Image Of Atoms Captured By A Device With 100 Million Times Magnification Power

Atoms; The more we know about their details on appearances, behavior… the more we can improve our life.
Even an image that seems to be a simple approach can help us a lot to understand their shape and arrangement.

Physicists achieved a record level of visual detail with an imaging technique that could help develop future electronics and better batteries.

To create it, Cornell University researchers captured a sample from a crystal in three dimensions and magnified it 100 million times, doubling the resolution that earned the same scientists a Guinness World Record in 2018. Their imaging process could help develop materials for designing more powerful and efficient phones, computers and other electronics, as well as longer-lasting batteries.

Atoms Of Batteries

Batteries are a particularly promising area for applying imaging techniques such as electron ptychography, says Roger Falcone, a physicist at the University of California, Berkeley, who was also not involved with the research. Making batteries that can store a lot of energy safely is critical for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies, including wind and solar. “Imaging technologies are very important to improving batteries because we can look at the chemical reactions in detail,” Falcone says.