Electron diffractive imaging at sub-ångström resolution

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Since its early days electron microscopy has represented a splendid way to study the interactions between charged particles and electromagnetic fields. These efforts produced a flexible and powerful tool to investigate the properties of the matter at the highest spatial resolution. One of the main reason for the high resolution achievable in electron microscopy is related to the small wavelength, l, associated to high-energy electrons, ie for 200 keV electrons l= 2.5 pm. Unfortunately, the quality of the electron lenses is relatively poor and the diffraction limit is still unreached. The proof of Otto Scherzer in 1936 that skilful lens design could never eliminate the spherical and chromatic aberration of rotationally symmetric lenses [1] promote the efforts of the scientific community to find a gateway. Since that time many attempts were made from one side to find a way to correct spherical and chromatic aberrations via hardware …

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