IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v463y2010i7278d10.1038_nature08705.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Three-dimensional structure determination from a single view

Author

Listed:
  • Kevin S. Raines

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy,
    California NanoSystems Institute,)

  • Sara Salha

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy,
    California NanoSystems Institute,)

  • Richard L. Sandberg

    (Department of Physics,
    JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA)

  • Huaidong Jiang

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy,
    California NanoSystems Institute,)

  • Jose A. Rodríguez

    (Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA)

  • Benjamin P. Fahimian

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy,
    California NanoSystems Institute,)

  • Henry C. Kapteyn

    (Department of Physics,
    JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA)

  • Jincheng Du

    (Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
    Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA)

  • Jianwei Miao

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy,
    California NanoSystems Institute,)

Abstract

An added dimension To produce an image of an object in three dimensions it's usually necessary to measure it from multiple viewpoints or to scan it section-by-section. Now Jianwei Miao and colleagues have proposed a way of producing 3D images at the nanoscale from a single exposure using a monochromatic incident beam. Dubbed ankylography (from the Greek ankylos for 'curved' and graphein for 'writing'), the new technique is similar to X-ray diffraction microscopy, but with the two-dimensional diffraction pattern measured over a spherical surface centred on the target: if the conditions are right, this pattern can then be used to reconstruct a complete 3D structure from the single measurement. With further development and advances in detector technology, ankylography could become a useful tool in the physical and life sciences.

Suggested Citation

  • Kevin S. Raines & Sara Salha & Richard L. Sandberg & Huaidong Jiang & Jose A. Rodríguez & Benjamin P. Fahimian & Henry C. Kapteyn & Jincheng Du & Jianwei Miao, 2010. "Three-dimensional structure determination from a single view," Nature, Nature, vol. 463(7278), pages 214-217, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:463:y:2010:i:7278:d:10.1038_nature08705
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08705
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08705
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature08705?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Zehao Dong & Yang Zhang & Chun-Chien Chiu & Sicheng Lu & Jianbing Zhang & Yu-Chen Liu & Suya Liu & Jan-Chi Yang & Pu Yu & Yayu Wang & Zhen Chen, 2025. "Sub-nanometer depth resolution and single dopant visualization achieved by tilt-coupled multislice electron ptychography," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-10, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:463:y:2010:i:7278:d:10.1038_nature08705. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.