An electron microscope of the latest generation has recently been installed in the research building of the Department of Life, Light & Matter of the University of Rostock on the Südstadt campus. It allows researchers working on interdisciplinary projects to gain much deeper insights into scientific and engineering issues than was possible with conventional light microscopes.
"This will shape the Rostock location for the next ten to 15 years," Professor Karl-Heinz Meiwes-Broer, head of the department, is firmly convinced. "Electron microscopy is experiencing a new upswing with the methods now made possible by this latest generation of equipment," Professor Meiwes-Broer emphasizes. It allows unique insights into the nanoworld. In plain language, samples in liquid and gaseous environments can now be observed during chemical reactions. This offers great opportunities, he says, for environmental sciences, for example, to develop a better catalyst for combustion processes.
The newly established Center for Interdisciplinary Electron Microscopy MV at the University of Rostock (ELMI-MV), which is scheduled to officially open with a bang in the first week of October, will be open to the state's universities, he said. "We are also counting on local companies to want to collaborate with us," Professor Meiwes-Broer emphasized.
text: Wolfgang Thiel
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