190th Special MMU seminar

The Present and Future of Atomic-Scale Tomography

Dr. Thomas F. Kelly Division Vice President of AMETEK, Inc.
CAMECA Instruments, Inc.

Date: October 18 (Fri), 2013
Time: 10:30 - 11:40
Place: 8F medium seminar room, Sengen

Recent examples of atom probe tomography analyses will be shown to highlight its breadth and depth of capabilities. As a three-dimensional atomic imaging technique, atom probe tomography (APT) is unparalleled. Yet it fails to reach the ultimate in microscopy which is seeing every atom with high precision in large volumes. This talk will review the state of the art in APT and explore what it would take to reach the next level which is defined to be atomic-scale tomography (AST). The potential impact of AST on science and technology will be considered.