Catch me if you can: Atoms in action

Prof. Pratibha Gai is the JEOL Professor of Electron Microscopy and co-director of the York Nanocentre at the University of York. She is coming to speak about the new aberration-corrected atomic-resolution environmental transmission electron microscope that enables the human eye to watch how atoms move and catch them in action. In her talk she will explain how the microscope allows us to see how crystal structures change, including sequences of events that lead to the evolution of crystal imperfections that occur during reactions – an ability that is important for medicines, new energy sources and climate control.