Cryo atom probe tomography: an atomic-scale view of life

该项目旨在开发工作流程，使原子探针层析成像的显微镜技术应用于在制备过程中已低温冷却的标本。该项目将开放这种强大的方法，在过去几十年中对材料科学产生了巨大的影响，并将其应用于化学和生命科学等新学科。可以分析的新类型标本包括玻璃化生物物质、液体（溶液）、表面分子（配体）和氢。从长远来看，该项目有可能在健康和医学、化学加工和农业等领域带来根本性的新发现。

This project aims to develop workflows that allow the microscopy technique of atom-probe tomography to be applied to specimens that have been cryogenically cooled during preparation. The project will open up this powerful method, which has made an enormous impact in materials science over the last few decades, to new disciplines such as chemistry and the life sciences. The new types of specimens that can be analysed include vitrified biological matter, liquids (solutions), surface molecules (ligands), and hydrogen. In the long term, this project has the potential to lead to radical new discoveries in fields such as health and medicine, chemical processing and agriculture.