I’ve seen many fascinating things under the scanning electron microscope. Pollen, various crystals, diatoms, and even viral particles. But nothing…
Milly
SEM beam alignment: The Happy Place
June 26, 2019Aligning Milly’s electron beam is tricky business. It’s a process involving hours (or even days!) of pain and uncertainty that…
Ain’t no party like a SEM party
June 15, 2019’cause a SEM party got diatoms. More in the Google Photo album.
2017: Year in Review
December 26, 2017Looks like I haven’t made a lot of time for blogging this year. I’ve been too busy taking photos with…
Experiments in nano manufacturing
January 17, 2017There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom. —Richard Feynman With the recent demise of Milly’s electron emitter, I attempted to…
New Year, New Emitter
December 31, 2016We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men…
Happiness is an aligned electron beam
December 17, 2015Back in business. What should I look at next?
SEM back online
November 29, 2015A couple of months ago, Milly started having beam issues. At the time it seemed like emitter trouble. New emitter modules…
Megapixel images from an analog SEM
June 2, 2015I recently posted my first batch of photos from Milly. While I am happy with her beam performance, I was…