A beam of light? No - electrons dance,Through foil so thin, they pierce by chance.A lattice revealed, a whisper, a trace,Of atoms aligned in crystalline grace. No longer just theory, or grayscale in books,But fringes and defects in shimmering looks.The voids, the bubbles, the twins, the grains and the tears,A world once unseen now lays … Continue reading Ode to My First TEM