How to Use scanning electron microscope in a Sentence

scanning electron microscope

noun
  • To measure their widths, the team used a scanning electron microscope.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The team began by inspecting the appendages of the shrimp with a scanning electron microscope .
    — Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2011
  • An image of wildfire ash under a scanning electron microscope.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2020
  • This 2009 image used a scanning electron microscope to zoom in on a slice of a postmortem cortex.
    — Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2010
  • The team then used scanning electron microscopes and portable X-ray scanners to examine their finds.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The walls of the maze, captured with a scanning electron microscope, are only micrometers (one-millionth of a meter) long.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The image, captured by a scanning electron microscope, was taken as the nanowires grew on silicon at room temperature.
    — Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2016
  • Using scanning electron microscope analysis, the team observed differences in dorsal spicules on the shell.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • By observing and recording the cutting process under a scanning electron microscope, the team noticed that the hairs created small chips in the blade surface.
    — Eric Niiler, Wired, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Provided by Sachiko Amari The picture is an image of such a grain taken by a scanning electron microscope.
    — Sachiko Amari, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Images taken by a scanning electron microscope show the capillary emitters used in the electrospray system.
    — Kate Murphy, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2021
  • To test the idea, Heiss and his colleagues malted their own barley by charring it then examined the results under a scanning electron microscope.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 June 2020
  • Microscopic images captured with a scanning electron microscope confirmed that most of the quids contained plant matter of the species Datura wrightii.
    — Megan Gannon, National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • After polishing the block with toothpaste and a damp leather cloth, Sadowski studied the flower under a scanning electron microscope.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2023
  • His equipment includes a high-temperature furnace, a vacuum chamber built from surplus parts, and a scanning electron microscope.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Using a scanning electron microscope, Pomerantz also discovered that tiny mounds between the bristles, known as nanopillars, are coated in a layer of wax.
    — Anil Oza, Science | AAAS, 22 June 2021
  • Under a scanning electron microscope, the plant fibers in 14 of the Pinwheel Cave bundles matched other samples from the genus Datura.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2020
  • In the second, taken with a field emission scanning electron microscope, connections between exosomes are visualized.
    — Matías A. Loewy, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Concluding that the legs were the primary mechanism, the team used a scanning electron microscope to look for any special physical structures that could trigger such ballistic jumping movements.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The illustration is based on scanning electron microscope images of Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous fungus that can infect the lungs.
    — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 10 May 2021
  • These indestructible treasures have always been buried in matter, awaiting the invention of scanning electron microscopes and scientists with enough assiduity to spend decades on end peering into their atomic eyes.
    — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Using scanning electron microscopes and other instruments, scientists have started to map out Bennu's composition in detail.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Under a scanning electron microscope, the pollen grains—which resembled inflated arrowheads—were reminiscent of pollen from tiny trees and shrubs in Asia that belong to the genus Symplocos.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Meet some species identified in 2024 The team compared it to similar plants by sequencing its DNA and using a scanning electron microscope.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
  • To test whether the hole was made intentionally, Zubova and her colleagues examined the tooth more closely with scanning electron microscopes, micro-CT, and Raman spectroscopy, a technique for identifying the chemical makeup of an object.
    — ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026

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