Scientists capture the highest EVER resolution images of atoms (scan, system)

[Michael Way]

This is really quite amazing to be able to so clearly photograph individual atoms. The image has precision at the level of a picometer, or one-trillionth of a metre.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...?ocid=msedgntp

[Yelling_at_Birds]

It really is laid out into a neat grid. I wish we could see the structure in motion.

[Milky Way Resident]

That’s awesome. I know this is kind of futile, but one day I hope humans will be able to resolve something the size of a plank length.

[oceangaia]

So what kind of atoms are these?

[euro123]

Don't look at the photo and they become waves. Prove me wrong.

[adjusterjack]

Originally Posted by oceangaia

So what kind of atoms are these?

A different article reveals that the "photo depicts an electron ptychographic reconstruction of a praseodymium orthoscandate (PrScO3) crystal, zoomed in 100 million times."

https://petapixel.com/2021/05/26/thi...hoto-of-atoms/

[Thoreau424]

If anything, the images would more resemble molecules (or dancing peanuts LOL).

[Blondebaerde]

Originally Posted by euro123

Don't look at the photo and they become waves. Prove me wrong.

Thanks to this remark I looked up a refresher on eigenstates. "A system in a superposition of multiple different eigenstates does in general have quantum uncertainty for the given observable."

So: appreciated.

[vcood]

Originally Posted by Michael Way

This is really quite amazing to be able to so clearly photograph individual atoms. The image has precision at the level of a picometer, or one-trillionth of a metre.

Oh my that pic is goregous!!!

That they could get it THAT CLOSE is just astonishing!!!!!

Thank you for the image!!!!!