What will higher resolution microscopes see?

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The discussion centers on the advancements in high-resolution microscopy, particularly the goal of achieving resolutions of 0.1 Å as highlighted in Richard Feynman's 1959 lecture. The Nature article emphasizes the necessity of mapping atomic arrangements with precision to understand materials' properties. It is noted that as resolution improves, quantum mechanics plays a significant role in measurement, and computer-generated images will vary based on visualization techniques. Additionally, the potential of sub-picosecond high-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to map dynamic atomic processes is introduced.

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The Nature article http://www.nature.com/news/microscopy-hasten-high-resolution-1.16393 talks about the importance of the higher resolution microscopes: "Build precision microscopes to map atoms", and "To truly understand materials' chemical and physical properties, atomic arrangements need to be mapped with much greater precision. Resolutions of 0.1 Å — the goal set by physicist Richard Feynman in his 1959 American Physical Society lecture, 'There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'"

These type of pictures of Graphene from ibm are pretty common:
graphene.jpg


What kind of picture will we see as resolution becomes 10x better? Are there some examples out there already?
 
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That is not an image of the microscope. It is a computer-generated image to visualize the actual measurements.
On that scale, quantum mechanics becomes relevant and the measurements depend on the way you measure. And the computer-generated images additionally depend on the visualization technique. There is no "image with a 10x better resolution".
 
edguy99 said:
The Nature article http://www.nature.com/news/microscopy-hasten-high-resolution-1.16393 talks about the importance of the higher resolution microscopes: "Build precision microscopes to map atoms", and "To truly understand materials' chemical and physical properties, atomic arrangements need to be mapped with much greater precision. Resolutions of 0.1 Å — the goal set by physicist Richard Feynman in his 1959 American Physical Society lecture, 'There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'"

These type of pictures of Graphene from ibm are pretty common:
graphene.jpg


What kind of picture will we see as resolution becomes 10x better? Are there some examples out there already?
I saw a microscope installation that explores a dimension not mentioned by Feyman - time A sub-picosec high res TEM can map dynamic processes on an atomic scale
http://experts.umn.edu/pubDetail.asp?t=pm&id=84867549845&n=David+J+Flannigan&u_id=4936&oe_id=1&o_id=9[/URL]
 
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