Imaging Symmetry – A New Mechanism for Revealing the Structure of Matter

该项目旨在开发一种革命性的原子结构成像方法。在这种方法中，图像对比度来自结构的对称性，使用微小的电子探针在皮米尺度上测量。这种新的概念方法有望克服现有电子显微镜方法的一些关键限制，提高灵敏度，减少辐射损伤，从而使技术上重要的材料中的复杂结构得以确定。这将提供新的方法来了解这些材料的特性先进材料和工程应用于能源，运输，卫生，通信和其他部门的社会。

This project aims to develop a revolutionary method for imaging atomic structures. In this method, the image contrast derives from the symmetry of the structure, measured at the picometre scale, using tiny electron probes. This new conceptual approach is expected to overcome some of the key limitations of existing electron microscopy methods by providing increased sensitivity and reduced radiation damage, thereby enabling complex structures in technologically important materials to be determined. This should provide new ways to understand the properties of these materials advanced materials and engineer them for applications in the energy, transport, health, communications and other sectors of society.