News and Highlights

ARTEMI Staff Scientist Visit to Uppsala University The ARTEMI team meeting was hosted at the Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, on 19-20 November 2025. The first day focused on presentations highlighting ongoing transmission electron microscopy activities at...

(a) A transient laser grating triggers a structural phase transition, resulting in different lattice structures in separate domains of the same lamella. (b) Ultrafast diffraction-contrast imaging using various virtual masks (right panel). Different virtual masks...

Three New PhD Theses Advance the Field of Electron Crystallography Three recently defended PhD theses at Stockholm University have developed different aspects of electron crystallography, including advancements in terms of methods as well as structural analysis....

Figure 1. Newly delivered liquid cell transmission electron microscopy holder with potentionstat and MEMS chips.New Liquid Cell TEM Holder Enhances Electrochemical Research at Lund University Lund University has recently received a state-of-the-art liquid cell...

Schematic a) of two neighboring microheaters on a chip mounted in the ETEM. The illumination of a nanowire growing epitaxially from the microheater sidewall is indicated by the resulting image of the nanowire. The precursors are injected from two separate side ports...

ARTEMI Secures Continued Funding from the Swedish Research Council The Swedish Research Council has announced its decision on the research infrastructures to receive funding for the coming years. We are delighted to share that ARTEMI, the Swedish research...

The 9th International Workshop on Advanced and In Situ Microscopies of Functional Nanomaterials and Devices (IAMNano) 2025 was Held at Chalmers The International Workshop on Advanced and In Situ Microscopies of Functional Nanomaterials and Devices (IAMNano) 2025 was...

Figure 1. (a) Schematic illustration of the experimental UEM geometry and sample excitation. (b) atomic structure mode of WTe2 in Td and T* phase. (c) DF imaging of an optically patterned structural phase transition.Control of Phonons and Topology by Structured Light...

The formation of Li and Li₂O precipitates at the SEISEI layer growth in the solid state battery materials and Li mapping using STEM-EELSIn operando TEM analysis on the Solid State Battery materials (PEO+LiTFSI) A solid-state lithium battery for in-situ TEM observation...

Prof. Gunnar Svensson Steps Down After 40 Years in Science, SU’s EMC Welcomes New Director Prof. Tom Willhammar Professor Gunnar Svensson, Director of the Electron Microscopy Center (EMC) at the Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University since 2007, has decided to...

The first ARTEMI user meeting was held at Chalmers University of Technology The first ARTEMI user meeting was organized by Chalmers University of Technology (CTH) and held on February 5, 2025, both in-person in Gothenburg and online. This one-day event brought...

Oxidation of carbon nanomaterials using a nanoparticulate iron oxide catalyst: Direct observations in an electron microscopeOxidation of carbon black N990. Top row frames (a–c) were recorded in STEM mode using SE detector. Frame (a) was captured before oxidation...

Formation of Cr2C phase by Al extraction from a Cr2AlC using chemical etching-free methodology MAX phases are a family of ternary nanolaminated compounds that have garnered significant attention due to their unique properties, which bridge the gap between metals and...

Mn-doped WSe2 as an efficient electrocatalyst for renewable energy production The ongoing energy crisis has made it imperative to develop low-cost, easily fabricated, yet efficient materials. Among transition metal dichalcogenides and other 2D materials, tungsten...

Ultrafast Imaging of Plasmon-Mediated Demagnetization Dynamics In a groundbreaking study, researchers at KTH employed Lorentz ultrafast electron microscopy (LUEM) to observe the spatiotemporal dynamics of ultrafast demagnetization mediated by surface plasmon...

Growth analysis of aluminum carbonitride (AlC3N) deposited by magnetron sputtering on monocrystalline sapphire substrate Crystallinity control and its relation to the substrate is a central question in material design as it affects the physical properties of the...

NordTEMhub/ARTEMI Workshop Explores Machine Learning in Transmission Electron Microscopy Linköping University hosted the NordTEMhub/ARTEMI workshop on Machine Learning Methods in Transmission Electron Microscopy, a two-day event focused on the growing role of...

Professor Xiaodong ZouProfessor Xiaodong Zou - IVA´s Gold Medal Professor Xiaodong Zouhas been award IVA´s Gold Medal for the developement of methods for rapid structure determination of small crystals of inorganic, porous, and organic materials. She is active at the...