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by Kliment 5765 days ago
Try this, homemade electron microscope (appears to be WIP):

http://www.chemhacker.com/topics/stm/

Or this, a finished, working one:

http://sxm4.uni-muenster.de/introduction-en.html

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These are STMs, by the way, not electron microscopes.

Making an electron microscope is probably a more expensive task for the homebrewer, because you invariably need a vacuum-proof chamber with a door that can be opened and closed, and the pumps to evacuate it...