The 161st AMCP Open Seminar
Cinematic molecular science explored by electron microscopic video imaging
Schedules
2022.06.30
Finished
Date & Time
June 30, 2022 16:00-17:00
Venue
Sengen Main Bldg.8F Room No. 811,812+Online(Zoom)
※Audio and video recordings are prohibited.
Registration
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Speaker
HARANO Koji,Principal Researcher,Electron Microscopy Group
Title
Cinematic molecular science explored by electron microscopic video imaging
Abstract
Advances in microscopy with high spatial- and time-resolution have ushered in the era of “cinematic molecular science", in which dynamic behaviors of organic and inorganic molecules can be studied through real-time cinematographic images. We established a method named single-molecule atomic-resolution time-resolved electron microscopy (SMART-EM) for observation of stochastic molecular dynamics, such as structural transformation, molecular assembly processes, chemical reactions, and nanomechanical motions on a single molecule basis. This method allows us to understand the behavior of molecules as statistics of observations of individual molecules, which could only be studied as an averaged information of many molecules in conventional chemical analysis. In this seminar, I will introduce the principle of SMART-EM imaging and its application to chemical research of various materials.