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A novel method to image charge is used to measure the diffusion coefficient of electrons in films of CdSe nanocrystals at room temperature. This method makes possible the study of charge transport in films exhibiting high resistances or…
The analysis of proteins in the gas phase benefits from detectors that exhibit high efficiency and precise spatial resolution. Although modern secondary electron multipliers already address numerous analytical requirements, new methods are…
We have developed a simple and reliable technique for two-terminal transport measurements of free-standing wire-like objects. The method is based on the low-energy electron point source microscope. The field emission tip of the microscope…
Superconducting strip single-photon detectors (SSPDs) are excellent tools not only for single-photon detection but also for single-particle detection owing to their high detection efficiency, low dark counts, and low time jitter. Although…
Detecting the photons emitted from single quantum objects is highly desired to diagnose nano-scale devices. It has been, however, believed very difficult to sense single atoms in optical spectroscopy due to the inferior detection…
There is a growing need for biolabels that can be used in both optical and electron microscopies, are non-cytotoxic, and do not photobleach. Such biolabels could enable targeted nanoscale imaging of sub-cellular structures, and help to…
Bending of DNA from a straight rod to a circular form in presence of any of the mono-, di-, tri- or tetravalent counterions has been simulated in strong Coulomb coupling environment employing a previously developed energy minimization…
Imaging dynamical processes at interfaces and on the nanoscale is of great importance throughout science and technology. While light-optical imaging techniques often cannot provide the necessary spatial resolution, electron-optical…
Feynman once asked physicists to build better electron microscopes to be able to watch biology at work. While electron microscopes can now provide atomic resolution, electron beam induced specimen damage precludes high resolution imaging of…
Digital information can be encoded in the building-block sequence of macro-molecules, such as RNA and single-stranded DNA. Methods of "writing" and "reading" macromolecular strands are currently available, but they are slow and expensive.…
Studying the electrical signals generated by living cells is key to understanding numerous biological phenomena. Electrochromic optical recording (ECORE) uses the electrochromism exhibited by certain materials to noninvasively measure these…
Low voltage scanning electron microscopy is a powerful tool for examining surface features and imaging beam sensitive materials. Improving resolution during low voltage imaging is then an important area of development. Decreasing the effect…
DNA is an essential molecule central to the survival and propagation of life, it was imperative to investigate possible electromagnetic properties inherent to it, such as the existence of any non-trivial interactions of this molecule with…
Transmission electron diffraction is a powerful and versatile structural probe for the characterization of a broad range of materials, from nanocrystalline thin films to single crystals. With recent developments in fast electron detectors…
The ability to sensitively image electric fields is important for understanding many nanoelectronic phenomena, including charge accumulation at surfaces and interfaces and field distributions in active electronic devices. A particularly…
Selecting appropriate datasets is critical in modern computer vision. However, no general-purpose tools exist to evaluate the extent to which two datasets differ. For this, we propose representing images - and by extension datasets - using…
Quantum transport for DNA conduction has widely studied with interest in application as a candidate in making nanowires as well as interest in the scientific mechanism. In this paper, we review recent works with concerning the electronic…
We present the theory of the electronic transfer and the optical properties of the quasi-zero dimensional quantum nanostructures, like quantum dots or the DNA molecule. The theory is based on the multiple scattering of the charge carriers…
Long range charge transfer experiments in DNA oligomers and the subsequently measured -- and very diverse -- transport response of DNA wires in solid state experiments exemplifies the need for a thorough theoretical understanding of charge…
It is shown that at low temperatures and moderate electron dephasing the electron transmission function reveales a structure containing information about donor/acceptor sites effectively participating in the electron transfer (ET) processes…