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Ultrafast electron microscopy could reveal quantum interactions in 2D materials
UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineering professor Bolin Liao has been working to capture these behaviors in quantum materials, directly observing what in some cases had only been understood by theory and calculation. It’s a gargantuan task to image such tiny phenomena.
Their SUEM is able to take “movies” of light-stimulated energy transport in semiconductor materials. The scanning ultrafast electron microscope in the Bolin Liao lab. (Image: Matt Perko)
Now, Liao is ready to take the technology to the next level. Chosen as one of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s 2026 Experimental Physics Investigators, Liao will receive critical support in his endeavor to take scanning ultrafast electron microscopy from imaging technique to experimental platform.
“This is a great opportunity from the Moore Foundation,” said Liao, adding that he was “very excited” for…
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