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28 May 2008

The Titan microscope

 

The Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy recently took delivery of a 10 tonne microscope called The Titan.

The Titan will enable researchers to study materials with unprecedented resolution. The instrument is fitted with spherical abberation correctors, like corrective glasses for the microscope, which pushes its resolution into the sub-Angstrom range (an Angstrom is 1x10-10 m or 0.0000000001 m).

At this resolution, the positions of atoms in the majority of materials will be resolvable. In addition, it is fitted with a range of analytical equipment that will allow researchers to study the chemistry, bonding and electronic/optical properties of these tiny features.

As a result, it will be able to solve fundamental problems in metallurgy, physical chemistry, optoelectronics, semiconductor physics, biomaterials and in many other areas of physical science.

The Titan arrived in 19 boxes and will take around four months to assemble.

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