Pushing resolution limits of functional imaging to probe atomic scale properties.
Recent advances in probing properties at very high spatial resolution are enabling remarkable progress in understanding local physical and chemical phenomena. Additionally, these observations raise questions as to the ultimate limit of resolution in what are considered continuum properties. As complex property probes achieve increasingly high spatial resolution, they approach the transition between continuum and atomistic descriptions of properties. The recent observations imply that further advances are imminent.
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The University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. bonnell@lrsm.upenn.edu
D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000639:trends*