The Scientist

What’s the Difference Between SEM and TEM?

Within cells lies an intricate, microscopic world that remains invisible to the human eye. To visualize cellular details, scientists rely on the power of electron microscopes. With unparalleled ...
The Scientist

The Expansion of Volume Electron Microscopy

With the inventions of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in 1931 and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shortly after in 1937, scientists gained an unprecedented ultrastructural view of the ...
Nanowerk

Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has revolutionized the realm of microscopic analysis. By delivering astonishingly detailed images of minuscule entities such as insects, bacteria, or even the ...
Bow Doin Polar Bears

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

A scanning electron microscope, acquired in 2016 with a grant from the National Science Foundation, provides a powerful tool for students, faculty, and visiting researchers to study the structure and ...
AZoNano

Emerging Electron Microscopy Techniques for Quantum Research

Traditional electron microscopy techniques include scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), where electrons that interact with the sample are imaged. 4 The ...
Purdue University

Scanning Electron Microscope

SEM stands for scanning electron microscope. The SEM is a microscope that uses electrons instead of light to form an image. Since their development in the early 1950's, scanning electron microscopes ...