electron diffraction
Wave-particle beam bending
Electron diffraction is the bending of electron beams as they pass through or reflect off crystalline materials, revealing the atomic structure of the specimen.
Because electrons behave as waves, they produce interference patterns that scientists analyze to determine molecular arrangements.
The technique is fundamental in materials science and structural biology: Electron diffraction confirmed the sample was crystalline.
- wave functionQuantum system's complete description
- crystallographyStudy of atomic lattices
- Compton scatteringPhoton-electron inelastic collision
- atomic structureInternal composition of atoms
- quantum mechanicsPhysics at nanoscopic scales
interference patterns · Heisenberg uncertainty principle · vacuum chamber · wave interference · cathode · transmission · Bragg · atomic · rings · lattice · vacuum · sample · crystal · spots · beam · wave · pattern · voltage
- crystallographycrystal structure, crystal systems, crystal growth, dislocations, crystallization
- electron microscopySEM, STEM, vacuum chamber, detector, magnification
- structural biologyprotein folding, active site, binding site, Rosetta, docking
- Bell Labstransistor, Unix, C language, information theory, cellular network
- electronsbeta particle
- X-ray diffractioncrystal structure, collimator, collimation