BioSHeM: A High-Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopic Helium Atom Microscope. This project will build the first scanning helium microscope (SHeM) instrument designed for imaging in the advanced materia

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BioSHeM: A High-Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopic Helium Atom Microscope. This project will build the first scanning helium microscope (SHeM) instrument designed for imaging in the advanced materials, biological and medical sciences. The new technique of scanning helium microscopy (SHeM), which was developed at the University of Newcastle, images structures completely non-destructively by using an extremely low-energy beam of neutral helium atoms to probe sample surfaces. This new instrument will exploit the unique capabilities of the SHeM technique to probe the new science that can be obtained from non-destructive imaging of samples in-situ; including exploring the sub-surface contrast that can be obtained from inelastic scattering processes. . Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 0204 - Condensed Matter Physics. Lead: Prof Paul Dastoor