How do Electron Microscopes Work? 🔬🛠🔬 Taking Pictures of Atoms
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
- The nanoscopic world is wild!! Looking at basic objects like a grain of salt under an electron microscope looks like nothing you would have expected. Furthermore, have you ever wondered whether seeing a single atom is possible? Or how do scientists and engineers create only a few nanometers wide transistors? In this video, we will explore the electron microscope and how they are used to see nanoscopic objects. Specifically, we'll look at the Transmission Electron Microscope and the Scanning Electron Microscope and dive into how they work.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 - The Nanoscopic World
01:17 - Scanning Electron Microscope vs Transmission Electron Microscope
02:54 - Basics of Transmission Electron Microscopes
04:15 - Why use Electrons instead of Light?
06:55 - Parts of the Electron Microscope
10:49 - Magnification: Objective and Projector
12:45 - Physics of a Magnetic Lens
15:55 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Sponsorship
17:01 - Scanning Electron Microscope
Erratum:
Script: Teddy Tablante
Twitter: @teddytablante
Modeling & Animation: Prakash Kakadiya
Animation: Mike Radjabov
Thermo Fisher Physicist: Jan Jíša
Thermo Fisher Arrangement Consultant: Jakub Kovářů
Voice Over: Phil Lee
Sound Design: www.drilu.mx
Music Editing: Luis Zuleta
Sound Effects: Paulo de los Cobos
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Luis Huesca
Animation built using Blender 3.6.1 www.blender.org/
Post with Adobe Premiere Pro
Online References:
Cryo-EM Gives Researchers a Detailed View of the Zika Virus Structure
Semiconductor Sample Preparation for TEM and STEM, Semiconductor Analysis, Thermo Fisher
TEM Introduction Seminar - AIF NC University, CZcams Video
Wikipedia contributors. "Electron Microscope". "Transmission Electron Microscope". "Scanning Electron Microscope". "Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope". Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Visited August 2023
Textbooks:
R.F. Egerton. Physical Principles of Electron Microscopy, An Introduction to TEM, SEM, and AEM. Springer. 2016
Williams D., Carter C. Transmission Electron Microscopy. A Textbook for Materials Science. Springer. 2009
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I still can't believe that this content is available for free, provided the amount of research and hardwork this video would have taken.
Considering how many views each of this channel's video has, the income it generates most likely more than covers the expense.
We stand on the shoulders of giants
Free monetarily maybe but your eyeballs and time is the product here...
Why cant we see atoms of the surfaces around these atoms? 🤔🧐
This
This is one of the channels that should be MANDATORY in schools, period. Even those who do not interest in this still can think about it generally and those who want dig deeper and continue to learn deeper math & science to become future scientists.
Yes, my school never shows interesting videos, its always mix salt with water now you have a solution. Btw im in 9th grade
I agree that school videos and experiments are rarely fun, however it is important to learn the basics of science and the ‘scientific process’ or the cool stuff will not make any sense. Having said that, videos like this are good because they show us how the basic scientific ideas such as ‘magnetic fields’ and ‘atomic structures’ can be used to do really cool stuff. TLDR: hang in there because science can get pretty weird once you learn the basics.
@@eloquentlyemma i know but im in the 9th year and (in my country) we learn things to Would be teached to a 4year old in physics and chemistry class
@@ancientlink0they should at least put some cucumbers in the solution to get some pickles.
@@ancientlink0im in 12th grade, my school doesn't even have salt for us to mix, we never did any action, just learn and answer tests
I’m a PhD Candidate in Bio-Nanotechnology and I will say that your channel is my favourite. It takes so much effort to understand all those aspects and you are just making seem like it’s simple logic. Lastly the quality of your content is so insanely high that makes me goosebumps.
Wow, thank you!
it is because it is simple logic
@@pyropulseIXXI XD
@@pyropulseIXXI it is far away from trivial.
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Seriously I can't get over how good this content is. The graphical side is perfect, the research and voice over is perfect. Plus the fact that every detail is covered and literally every time you explain something, you answer any question I have immediately after. Everything is covered and thoroughly. I can't believe this is free
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We need to learn! And don't be so selfish... The world would be a beautiful balance place if everybody would help each other for free. Every human has it's own qualities... You can not have a good time without your fellow human being! First we must move forward (evolution) and become independent of the opposites. Then balance! It will be fine, but it will take a while.
You *believe* all that guff about atoms and electrons?
*Why*?
@@vhawk1951kl what are you trying to say chief
@pe1604 You would not understand because you Elsies never can - we did not breed you for wits , but merely as servants.
Electron Microscopes are a rather complicated topic, and we're sure you have many questions. Feel free to ask them, and we will do our best to answer them. Here are some questions from other users.
Q: What would it look like to look at an electron beam? [@rage9067]
A: The electron beam viewed from a side is invisible to the naked eye. However, it can be observed indirectly, by its interactions with matter.
For example, if the beam hits air molecules in the atmosphere, it ionizes them and they glow as they recombine back. In different conditions, these effects are known as glow discharges, electrical arcs and sparks and can generate plasma.
If the electron beam hit the retina of your eye directly, it would likely be perceived as a very bright flash followed by local tissue damage and wider-area tissue damage from the generated x-rays.
Q: If the electrons pass through the objects, then how is it possible for an image to be created? [@dinev9, @Billyce18]
A: At the nanoscopic level, objects are emptier and fuzzier than they appear macroscopically. The electrons passing through atoms usually don’t hit anything directly like billiard balls. But rathe pass through “clouds” of electrical charge from the electron shells bound to the atom nucleus. In doing so, they get deflected by electrical forces from both the nucleus and the electron shells, and deviate from their original direction. That’s how the specimen gets imprinted into the electron beam. Then, more electrons hit one part of the detector and fewer hit the others. That’s how the resulting image contrast gets created.
Q: Can we speed up electrons even faster than 70% the speed of light? Would it improve the images? [@kusura43]
A: Yes we can. The most common speeds correspond to kinetic energies of 100-300 keV, so 55-78% the speed of light. Higher energies for imaging are rare, as they generate a very large number of x-rays that need to be shielded, require stronger magnetic fields for focusing and generally bring only very little improvement in terms of image clarity or resolution. Historically, there were experimental microscopes with electron beams of up to 2 MeV (2 000 keV), so 98% the speed of light, but they were as big as a building and generally not worth the trouble and costs in terms of performance.
Q: Who was the first person to build an electron microscope? [@MrSimonw58]
A: German physicists and engineers Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll. There’s a bit more info on the history in the Creator’s comments (English/Canadian subtitles) now.
Q: Couldn’t AI clear up or upscale the image? [@user-if1ly5sn5f]
A: Yes, to a degree. A fair amount of image processing techniques, both classical and AI-based, can be used to “improve” the raw images. However, you typically need more images from the same area of interest under slightly different conditions, to make sure you’re getting additional real information. Instead of artifacts of the used method. For radiation-sensitive specimens, this may be a problem as each additional image changes and degrades the selected area of the specimen.
Q: Can anything be imaged by an electron microscope? Are there any induction effects like eddy currents or atom bond-breaking in a 100 nm thick specimen (e.g. from metal)? [@ramit_arko]
A: In general, yes, any thin enough specimen can be imaged with an electron microscope. However, some are radiation-sensitive (typically biological specimens) and they quickly degrade under electron illumination. Their atomic bonds indeed break. Another interesting category is magnetic samples - these require the objective to be turned off in a special mode, so that its magnetic field doesn’t influence and change the domains in the specimen. This results in lower resolution and magnifications. The eddy currents are not a problem for two reasons: First, the electron beam is typically stationary, not pulsed, so the no electromagnetic induction takes place in the specimen. Second, the specimen is so thin that these currents are suppressed even in the rare case of pulsed-beam operation.
Q: Can the cameras give us a live feed one day, to not only take images, but also videos? [@-_Nuke_-]
A: They absolutely can, even now! Depending on camera type and its resolution, you can take videos with a framerate ranging from a few tens of frames per second, up to several hundred! In order to look at even quicker events, you need specialized detectors and pulsed beam operation, typically achieved in combination with femtosecond lasers or other techniques. These can give amazing resolution not only in space, but also in time. There’s a bit more on that in the Creator’s comments (English/Canadian subtitles) now.
Q: Is there some way to “invert” the image contrast by directly manipulating the electrons? Also, how do you focus electrons with a hole (aperture)? Are the apertures made of specially compressed material, so that they can stop the electrons? [@orrotem7860]
A: The electrons in the beam are affected not only by the specimen, but also all the optical elements in the column - lenses, apertures, deflectors, correctors, imperfections and disturbances etc. They together make up what’s known as optical transfer function, or more specifically contrast transfer function. This is what describes the “inversions” and also blurriness and other effects in image contrast on objects (like atoms or clumps of material) of certain sizes. There are some ways to counter these effects by directly manipulating the electrons, one of them being the use of phase plates.
As for the other questions, the holes (apertures) are not used for focusing, but mostly filtering. Either of image spatial frequencies carried by electrons far from the optical axis, or of stray electrons scattered by something else than the specimen. The material of the apertures - typically gold, platinum or other dense metals - does not have any special treatment. It’s just thicker, so it stops even the high-energy electrons.
A bit more on both these topics is in the Creator’s comments (English/Canadian subtitles) now.
Q: Can we combine a particle accelerator and an electron microscope to image using quarks (or other particles) for even higher resolution and magnifications? [@user-cz9jf1ec8s]
A: There would be a lot of impracticalities for such approach. Quarks, as far as I know, cannot exist as individual particles at common energies, but only in bound states: either quark-antiquark pairs (mesons) or in trios (baryons) like protons or neutrons. These composite particles are very heavy, making them significantly more damaging to the specimen. So even though they would have a smaller wavelength than electrons at comparable energies, their larger momentum and interaction cross-section would destroy the specimen (and likely also the camera) very quickly.
If we go the other way, to lighter particles, there’s not much else either: Neutrinos lack electric charge and almost don’t interact with regular matter. Light with very short wavelengths (typically x-rays) is used for imaging, but difficult to focus or optically control, and requires a lot of shielding for safety. Plus, typically fairly large (building-sized) synchrotron sources.
Taking all this into account, electrons are actually pretty good particles for imaging the nanoworld, all things considered. It seems more practical to work on optical aberration correctors for electrons if we want to reach higher resolution and magnification, rather than to look for a different carrier particle.
Q: How is the 50 000x zoom of the projector lenses achieved? [@krissn8111]
A: It is just the cumulative effect of 4 lenses gradually magnifying the image created by the objective lens. The total magnification is the product (so, multiplication) of the individual lenses’ magnifications.
Q: How is it possible that the specimen holder material does not interfere with the scanning? [@JuanCruzAvila]
A: The specimen is usually placed on a thin carbon foil, either continuous or with holes, supported by a thicker copper grid. Alternatively, it can be welded (using micromanipulators and a focused ion beam) to a different kind of grid. These grids are then placed in holders and inserted into the microscope. In almost all cases, the scanned area is much smaller than the support grid “windows” or “fins”, so there is no interference in the scanning process from the grid or the holder.
Q: Is the tungsten crystal a serviceable item? As in do you need to replace it after a certain amount of uses? [@timster150100]
A: It depends on the type of the electron source. The oldest, thermionic sources (not shown in the video) used a tungsten wire (similar to that of old lightbulbs) that had to be exchanged every several tens to a few hundreds of hours of use. The Schottky (i.e. heated) field emission sources last for thousands of hours before needing replacement. The Cold field emission sources can last tens of thousands of hours. But it depends on the conditions under which they are used, typically the vacuum quality and the amount of heating.
Q: If we had unlimited money how much higher could the resolution be with our current tools and knowledge? [@hexramdass2644]
A: What an interesting question! If I had to speculate, with unlimited money and brainpower, I’d say we’d be able to reach close to the diffraction limit of several picometers in a single image. Even now, one exotic indirect methods combining a large number of images and iterations (electron ptychography) was able to reach a reconstructed image with a resolution of around 20 pm.
well i am wondering what a beam of electrons would look like to a human eye? any answers?
I still do not understand if the electrons pass through the object then how is it possible for an image to be created? Would that not just give a blank image?
@@dinev9 i think its the way the the object being imaged scatters the electrons that make contact with the object being compared to the electrons that experience no scattering.
@@rage9067 I imagine you either wouldn't see it or it would appear as a sort of, 'lightning laser'.
@@bobroberts8500 I can't find it either.
Always have to love a reference to the powerhouse of the cell.
As someone who works for Thermo Fisher and makes these incredible machines I'm really satisfied by your explanation of how it works.
Fun fact: 3 companies based in Brno city are responsible for almost 1/3 of global production of electron microscopes, that's why Brno is called "City of electron microscopy".
Thermo FSE's are always in our lab. The old fei software kinda sucks but the tools are by far my favorite SEM/FIB. We have a new JOEL coming next year and I can't wait for it!
@@randynewkirkii Not going to lie. The old green UI kind of has a special place in my heart. However having gotten used to the new UI I have to admit it is better.
I loved Brno! is the city that you can have plenty of fun and at the same time be a great engineer!
So how much do these microscopes cost? In the video, he says “multi-million dollar microscope “
@@haskam01 Microscopes that I work with cost 1,5-3 million USD. Cost depends on specific model and optional configuration that customer chooses.
As a 3D artist I must appreciate the amount of work went into this video. Granted that sponsors were generous and shared rough 3D models.. still those models must be technical oriented (CAD exports that require a ton of cleanup)
Someone must have gone through the geometry clean-up, UVs and texturing to make them look accurate AND visually appealing.
Props to the Artists, narrator and rest of the production team 🙌🙌
Thanks!! Tho the cad models were stripped of pretty much interior detail. So we had to use public reference images to add the detail back in
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Hands down best channel on CZcams
Better than cat videos?
I've been doing TEM for years and this is one of the best videos I've seen on the topic. The animations in particular are fantastic. Looking forward to the creator comments!
Glad it was helpful!
Outstanding as always. This is likely my favourite channel on CZcams. Never fail to deliver complex topics with incredible graphics and excellent descriptions.
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it's not free it's an ad for Thermo Scientific ❤
There are only handful of CZcams channels I eagerly wait to put out new videos. Branch Education is definitely one of them. Quality content as always with something new to learn everytime.
Would love to know about the others aswell
This is the absolute best TEM and SEM video I have ever seen. I actually worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific on SEMs and dual beams and they never even showed us videos which were this good. Great work and super accurate. Amazing!
I don't know what is more incredible: How our World works, or human's ability to build machines to observe it.
I'm not the smartest man. The fact that anyone was able to not only conceive of the concept of an electron microscope -- but actually build one -- absolutely boggles my mind. Nothing short of magic to me, as far as I'm concerned.
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I love what you do here, using 3D visualizations to break down highly complex concepts into fairly easy to understand explanations. I'm glad Branch Education is continuing to pick up subscribers as folks notice that this stuff is actually pretty awesome. Keep up the great work!!
As for the electron microscopes themselves, I've always wondered how they worked. In some ways they are simpler than I expected, but the degree of precision remains astounding. Miracle of science research, right there.
This is one of the best channels on youtube. Thanks!!
As a shareholder in Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), it makes me so happy that they provide this sort of information to such an educational channel! Great content!
Your videos are always top tier. The attention to detail in the animation is amazing
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This is a great video. Everything was so clear. Having grown up scientifically literate and deeply interested in nuclear and atomic physics, this video easily makes visible with animations where the research in this branch of science has taken us in our understanding of reality. This is awesome!
I plan on studying electrical engineering soon. Though I plan on getting into nuclear engineering shortly after. It would be a dream of mine to use that knowledge to create something to advance the understanding of reality.
This is great, wow. Excellent work!
Shout out to ThermoFisher for investing into making these impressive machines. 👏🏻
The videos created by Branch Education definitely wake up my inner child wishing I grew up watching them. I know the kids searching for these kinds of videos will carry with them the knowledge acquired to have an impact.
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This was an excellent video with a clear descriptions of how these Electron Microscopes work. Thank you for publishing this. Two thumbs up
I finally understand how they shoot electrons! I've never been taught this level of understanding for that technique and it drove me crazy. Thanks Branch Education!
Man how do people come up with these ideas to make stuff like this work. Amazing
The Beauty of this project should also highlight the core concept of this microscope is exactly the same as a light microscope. 😊
We are focusing a beam of energy that oscillates at a certain frequency. Rather than a glass lens used for light, we can use magnetic fields to focus the beam to a point.
It’s absolutely brilliant engineering, I love that we can use the same core concept at different scales.
@@drowningpenguin1588 such an essential fundamentals to keep in mind
it's accumulative contributation, each time a sceintist or an engineer answers a simple very simple unoticebale question they ask about some latest technologies they had at the time. the answer leads to other questions that would be answered by others till you get into a new thing completely different.
Ever heard of scientists or engineer?
This was such an interesting watch! I did a lot of undergrad research on silver nano particles and used the SEM every week but didn't have a deep understanding of how they worked. Thank you!
Wow the canadian captions is like another level of magnification of knowledge itself!! Im watching a second time to pause and read all the wealth of incredible knowledge in this video! How incredibly cool!
Awesome explanation with great visuals, well done!
The amount of research and hard work put into the research and 3D animations is simply astounding. Very clear and thorough explanation, guy! Keep up the amazing work!
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Love the sponsor for sponsoring just to spread information and find future scientists. Huge respect.
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9:25 I've officially learned how aperture is used in photography. I knew the simple things about aperture and how it effect photos, but after seeing this visualization, I fully understand now. Heck even my entire perspective on how my eyes receive light has changed. Thank you.
Another great video, from undoubtedly one of the best CZcams channels, kudos to Thermo Fisher Scientific, for getting involved in this video, good to see such a large company cares enough to help you with this video, they have such a wide range of products and technologies that can help you with more future contents , for example you could do a video about spectrometers and hopefully Thermo Fisher Scientific will be there to assist you on that too.
I am speechless.... having goosebumps. How beautiful animation and explanation
This is an excellent description! Thanks for your great work!
It would be really cool with a detailed explanation of the complete process of making ICs, i.e. including growing and slicing of silicon, EUV lithography, etching, washing, die stacking etc.
As an experimental physicist, I think this educational video serves very well as an intro to the word of electron microscopy. Detailed and well presented. Thanks
one of the best quality content on youtube
Back in the 80's at San Joaquin Delta College a friend invited me to see the electron microscope setup. They had a scanning one as well. They have came a long way since then. Still do the same regarding making the object as thin as possible. The method of thinning the material takes technique and skill of what is to be done to make it. Great video.
Great visual explanation of how an electron microscope works. Especially the lenses. I used to work at Amray, an SEM factory, selling EDAX spectrometers. I sat in dozens of SEM demos but never had the chance to use one myself. It looks like fun.
it is, though with older machines, such as those from amray, it can be a bit time consuming to get the last few percent of performance out of the system. At least the 2 Amray / Leitz units i have used don't have as fine controls over certain aspects of the optical system as i would like. I also really don't like the gun design, at least its alignment options. Decent machines otherwise.
I should also add that i am working on building a museum dedicated to electron microscopes...
Excellent video as always. I had a question regarding the TEM Microscope....as the electron beam is accelerated to such a high speed and is measuring such delicate and small objects, does the beam itself not move or "push" around the object being measured? Optical tweezers come to mind when thinking of the interaction of light "pushing" around super tiny samples.
Thank you for all these incredible videos...looking forward to more deep dives and indepth videos :)
Oh, trust me it does - but not exactly in the way you’d expect. For the most part, the beam hits the sample uniformly (from all directions) and is able to “pin down” the sample. Imagine a book standing up, and you push it on one side. It will topple. Now push it with the same force from the other side at the same time. It stays upright. Similar thing is happening.
However, insulating samples still love to move and can be problematic if not prepared properly (thinner samples have less of an issue with this, and an improperly focused beam can potentially push a sample around since the incoming electrons aren’t hitting all sides uniformly anymore). They can accumulate electrons and become negatively charged, then get pushed around by the negative beam. Beam damage is also very problematic. The sample can easily degrade in such an environment.
You also have SEMs and S/TEMs which also like to push and damage samples. These microscopes use a beam that “rasters” or sweeps across the sample one pixel at a time, which is inherently non uniform and can push/charge/break samples very very easily.
As a microscopist, this is the bane of my existence. I don't think electrons are able to produce the optical trapping force that you can get with lasers, but what's more likely is that it just pumps a bunch of energy into the sample and the atoms get kicked around as a result. Another thing that can happen is that it can polymerize organic species onto your sample either from surface species or from contamination from a previous user. So yes, the beam is always going to actively be interacting with your sample and actively participating in chemical/physical processes.
There are also external factors that can limit the ultimate resolution. Electromagnetic interference, physical and acoustic vibrations can wreak havoc on an image. I've installed more SEMs than I can remember. All of the best performers were the systems with the most stable environment.
I came across your channel yesterday and I've been obsessed with your content. You have put an incredible amount of research, detail, storytelling and artistry into each one and have produced some of the greatest learning material i've ever seen. Bravo and thank you for putting something good into the world!
This is amazing. Thank you for selecting this topic for your video.
TF engineers are approaching mother nature 👍👍👍
What an amazingly extreme engineering triumph. I'm curious as to whether current microscopes are limited by engineering obstacles or economic obstacles. If we had unlimited money how much higher could the resolution be with our current tools and knowledge?
As someone who makes these machines at Thermo Fisher I can tell you, that with our current technology it can't get much better than what we have now even with unlimited money.
There is one company in Netherlands that makes even bigger microscopes than Thermo Fisher. Production of one of these microscopes takes about a year and it can see and manipulate individual atoms, but there is a lot of conditions you need to meet. For example you need to have rock solid building for it, because even a smallest vibration can completely ruin your image and second big problem is electro-magnetic interference. When using +2M magnification even the literal orientation of the microscope relative to earths EM field can cause distortion of the image.
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@@JMPoly thank you, I'm humbled that you took the time to respond to my curiosity and amazed at your skill in making these machines at the limits of our technology. Have a great week further friend.
@@hexramdass2644 You are welcome.
I'm really passionate about my job and I'm happy to share some intersting information.
@@JMPolyCurious question, but with unlimited money, could we put an electron microscope in space and would it perform better due to not having the earth's EM field/vibrations to worry about?
It's a good idea to show us how things are built up. This wake up the interest of the people to study some branch like this and to buy a technical tool like this in the future to make a better future! Thank you so much for this explanation!
Greatful that this has been made available!❤
I heard nothing except Mitochondria : powerhouse of the cell
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Question:
Does anything can be picturized by electron microscope? If it does then, can 100nm thick metal specimen cause any magnetic interference like eddy currents effect or any kind of atomic bond changing?
I love this channel contents and appreciate all the hard work. These contents help students like me to visualize the theoretical knowledge. All the best wishes for the team of Branch Education.
Amazing! Such research and explanation. This video is unparalleled to any existing documentaries ever produced 😮
This video is insanely well put together, so informative
Great video! I have two questions. 1. Why can't photons be used that have the same wavelenght like the electrons beeing used? So x-ray or even gamma radiaton? 2. Why is the material beeing looked at (proteins, gold Nanopartikels etc.) not beeing vaporized immediatly? Is the process of takeing the picture just faster than the probe is vaporized? So is it just a very short electron beam and the probe is still undamaged after taking the picture?
As someone who makes these microscopes at Thermo Fisher I can answer your questions.
1. It's because we are not able to emit such photons from the tip and manipulating electrons is easier than manipulating photons.
2. Specimen is cooled by liquid nitrogen and exposure time is very short. Specimen itself gets damaged pretty quickly, but we are able to capture enough data to reconstruct the image before specimen gets completely destroyed.
If you have more questions I will be more than happy to give you answers.
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Next video on how GPU works please
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Imagine how much more complex and revolutionary devices we could have if we spent as much on science as we do on military.
I echo the sentiment and understand your point, but I think many of cutting edge technology has its origins in the need of military. It's rather sad but without demands of military, many (not all) scientific projects would go much slower, or wouldn't take off/get funded at all.
I think that even proto-internet started of as a communication system between various military bases or locations.
@@jaromir_kovar The majority of military-related inventions had been made possible in no small part precisely due to the vast funding allocated to the military, which is simply not available to ordinary scientists.
@@456dave7 at the end of the day things that are incredibly useful to mankind tend to be extremely useful at destroying mankind to. There aren't many that don't overlap, innovations that keep a army healthy and supplied also do the same for civilians.
Without having a military to defend the conditions that allow these devices to be created they wouldn't exist in the first place. Getting rid of militaries and just hoping everyone in the world pinky promises to not attack you is naive in the extreme.
@@Ergzay Where did I advocate getting rid of militaries in my comment?
You released this video at the perfect time for my midterm for Nanotechnology! Thank you sm!
This was a killer video! Great explanations and so many concepts touched on!
Great video! In the early 70’s, visited NOAA HQ in MD and they had an Electron Microscope displaying Tungsten atoms. The Tungsten was heated and had a hexagonal pattern. As a kid, was fascinating!
How the scientist can even imagine thing's like this? Thank you for the creativity
Thank you for the work of your team 😊
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I asked a few teachers and professors, but no one could explain it like this crazy, detailed video. Thank you
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thanks branch edu and to thermofisher sci. love you guys, your work changes the world.
The knowledge with intuition one can get is out of bounds just by watching this video instead of wasting time on brain rotting reels, hats off🎉
One of the best video's I've ever seen. Incredible graphics, very educational and such an entertaining voice. Chapeau
Watching this reminded me of the old Bell labs videos in their thoughtfully designed animations of complex and unfamiliar topics. I can't think of what you could have done better in the video to explain how these microscopes work. It taught me more than I could've hoped for. Thank you!
Thanks to Branch Education team, I really appreciate your videos. Cheers👏
This is the best video I ever came across on CZcams.
This was fascinating! Thank you. 😊
Kudos to the sponsors, first time I've seen support on the basis of sharing career options rather than focus on products. 🎉
Super interesting and detailed, thank you
I am glad to be a patreon here. It makes learning so much easier to understand and mostly visualize.
16:25 "thermo fisher isnt sponsorimg this video to pursuade you to buy a multimillion dollar microscope, but rather they want you to invest in humanity by contributing knowledge in a career at their company"
This is the most unique sponsor message ive ever seen. Bravo thermo fisher 👏
Normally sponsors dont sponsor videos to advertise their career page, this is so incredible!
Incredibly well made video ! Illustrations and visual are amazing. Good job
This channel is crazy. Insane technology on that microscope 🔬
This Education channel should be educated /shown to every student of SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
THIS CHANNEL IS AWESOME AND AT THE SAME TIME COMPLICATED.
This was a really cool and informative video, thanks for publishing.
Very informative video. Thanks for this knowledge. ❤
A very detailed and through explanation of the technologies behind TEM & SEM.
Now I understand it a lot better.
Thank you for your effort.
Teddy, these videos are incredible! And you do all this work on your own?? Amazing... this content is so easy for the average person to understand what otherwise would seem like very complex information. You are a multi-talented individual! - Holly
Great video.
Big into camera's and lenses outside the realm of photography.
Thanks for the vid.
This is my favourite channel 😊 Thank you sir for efforts
Really very nice video, explained very well and clear thank you so much. I am very curious to know which software is being used for animation
Just wow. Thank you for your work!
Really great video! Very interesting and I learned a lot
Yet another amazing video, well done. I really like the smooth CGI
This is how you explain anything. So smoothly with perfect animations, just wow! If you like learning, this will make you happy.
I correctly assumed this was gonna blow my mind as it's such a great topic
I knew what Electron Microscopes are. But this has taken my understanding to a new level ! thanks
Incredible technology and incredible animation and explanation