Medipix3 hybrid pixel detectors – gaining momentum in the field of electron microscopy

Speaker: Dr. Olivia Sleator
Date & Time: Friday, November 17, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Location: AMPEL 311
Local Contact: Alan Maigne
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Detectors have long been a limiting factor in electron microscopy experiments, but we’ve now entered an exciting phase with new detector technology coming into play. In recent years one of the most dramatic advances in structural biology has been in the deployment of backthinned CMOS direct detectors to attain near-atomic resolution molecular structures with electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM). Here we discuss hybrid pixel detector (HPD) technology, pioneered by the high-energy physics community at CERN, and its relevance to the Materials Science community.