New instrument probes nanostructure growth for industry and research

Eric Stach, an associate professor of materials engineering at Purdue University, loads a sample into the new FEI Titan electron microscope at the Birck Nanotechnology Center. The $4 million instrument, located in a new lab at Discovery Park, will allow researchers to take pictures of the internal structure of nanomaterials, capturing dynamic images of atomic motion during materials processing. (Purdue photo/ David Umberger)