Scientists capture 3D images of nanoparticles, atom by atom, with unprecedented precision

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in collaboration with the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea, Monash University in Australia, and the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a technique that produces atomic-scale 3D images of nanoparticles tumbling in liquid between sheets of graphene, the thinnest material possible. The technique uses one of the world’s most powerful microscopes at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, a national user facility for nanoscale science serving hundreds of academic, industrial, and government scientists around the world each year.