What is the resolving power of an electron microscope?

SEM is able to see up to 0.8 nm. TEM is up to 0.2 nm. Corrected TEM (with Cc or Cs corrector) up to 50 pm. The”secret” behind the amazing resolution is extremely short electron wavelength. read more

Light microscopes let us distinguish objects as small as a bacterium. Electron microscopes have much higher resolving power – the most powerful allow us to distinguish individual atoms. Different types of microscope have different resolving powers. read more

The electron microscope exploits these principles by using extremely short wavelengths of accelerated electrons to form high-resolution images. Today, electron microscopy is widely used in metallurgy, biology, material science, physics, chemistry, and many other technological fields. read more