[Guest Post] Avatars of Microscopes: A Brief History
Avatars of Microscopes: A Brief History The human mind knows no bounds; it makes humans look deeper into matter and further into outer space. The evolving intellect associated with the human curiosity has concurrently led to the evolution of advanced technologies. On one hand, humans made the Hubble Space Telescope to view the remotest and imperceptible reaches of the cosmos, on the other hand, they made the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) to view the atomic arrangements in crystalline and quasicrystalline materials. Both instruments are an assembly of multiple components made from various materials, which are chosen based on the required properties. Therefore, finding a structure-property correlation is important for its application. This structure-property correlation necessitates advancements in both property testing equipments (like mechanical, electrical, magnetic property, to name a few) and correspondingly, the microscopes for observing the under