Cypher ES Atomic Force Microscope
Xudong Guan
Core Facilities & Microscopy Suite
Funded by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Calcite, a component of sedimentary rock such as limestone, forms in natural environments such as Yellowstone National Park. This image shows the surface of a growing crystal of calcite; the high-power microscope used to produce the image allows the visualization of individual molecular layers, revealing new details of the calcite crystal formation process.
