Awarded the 6th BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences, physicist Maximilian Haider details in this interview how his innovations in correcting aberrations in electron microscopes have enabled atomic resolutions that have completely transformed research in physics, chemistry, and materials science. Haider explains how the design and refinement of optical correctors made it possible to overcome historical limitations of microscopy, allowing the direct observation of structures and processes at the nanoscale. His reflection highlights the importance of precision engineering and interdisciplinary collaboration in driving technological advances that open new frontiers in the study of matter.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate in the Basic Sciences category goes in this sixth edition to German physicists Maximilian Haider, Harald Rose and Knut Urban for g
Awarded the 6th BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences, physicist Maximilian Haider details in this interview how his innovations in correcting aberrations in electron microscopes have enabled atomic resolutions that have completely transformed research in physics, chemistry, and materials science. Haider explains how the design and refinement of optical correctors made it possible to overcome historical limitations of microscopy, allowing the direct observation of structures and processes at the nanoscale. His reflection highlights the importance of precision engineering and interdisciplinary collaboration in driving technological advances that open new frontiers in the study of matter.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate in the Basic Sciences category goes in this sixth edition to German physicists Maximilian Haider, Harald Rose and Knut Urban for greatly enhancing the resolving power of electron microscopy by developing aberration-corrected electron optics, a breakthrough enabling subatomic precision.
00:00 Introduction
00:05 What is your role within the team?
01:29 You have created a company as a result of your research, for which the three of you have received this award. What applications have already been developed, or could be developed in the future, for this technology across different fields of knowledge?
