The Low Temperature Electron Microscopy Focused Interest Group (LT-EM FIG) is a community of MSA members focused on the use of cryogenic and variable temperature electron microscopy for materials science research. Traditionally driven by structural biology, the use of cryogenic EM in materials science has increased significantly in the past few years and is now used extensively for the analysis of soft, beam sensitive, nano, quantum, and low-Z energy materials, as well as solid-liquid interfaces in their native hydrated (or solvated) state. Further, technique and instrument development are rapidly progressing for these purposes, including helium cooled and variable temperature EM holders.
