TEDxDavis- Klaus von Benthem - Atoms: Legos for Scientists

In this captivating talk, Professor Benthem charts the progress, of what he believe to be the most important field in science, Material Science. The power of exotic materials is readily apparent when you look at a cell phone, but the demand for new ones is always on the rise. Klaus explains how by understanding nature's building blocks we can make our one.

Klaus van Benthem is interested in the investigation of the functionalities of novel nano-materials. He uses electron microscopy tools to image nano-materials with atomic resolution and correlate their morphologies and atomic structures with nano-scale and macro-scale physical properties. His interests are also in the development of new strategies to investigate materials under more realistic environmental conditions, such as gas phases, liquids, electical and mechanical fields, etc. His overall vision is the characterization of functional materials with atomic resolution under their anticipated working conditions, i.e., "at work".

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