Hummingbird Scientific at the 21st International Microscopy Congress 2026
Join the 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 team at the 21st International Microscopy Congress( IMC21) 2026 at the Liverpool Experience Campus in Liverpool, UK, from August 31st to September 3rd, 2026
Visit us at Booth #157 during the exhibit hours to learn about our NEW and Featured in-situ microscopy products:
NEW Gas Plasma Microscopy Today Innovation Award Winner
- Operando plasma generation in atmospheric gaseous environments for in-situ TEM studies of plasma–material interactions
- Recreate industrial reaction environments inside your TEM with gas pressures up to 20 bar and closed-loop MEMS heating combined with TEM/SEM/X-ray multi-modal characterization
Optical Gas - Featured at IMC21
- Investigate light-stimulated gas–solid interfacial transformations inside your TEM with atomic-resolution in-situ imaging under controlled gas environments and closed-loop heating.
These new and featured products expand the capabilities and application space of our gas holder platform. Alongside these innovations, Hummingbird Scientific continues to advance a broad portfolio of in-situ solutions for liquid and gas environments.
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀:
August 31st to September 3rd, 2026
When: 9:30 am - 6:30 pm
Where: Liverpool Experience Campus, King's Dock – Liverpool
Featured Talks From Hummingbird Staff:
Pre-Congress Workshop: In-situ liquid electrochemical TEM
Flashtalk: In-situ liquid-electrochemistry microscopy
Presenting author: Daan Hein Alsem
09:00 - 17:00 Sunday, 30th August, 2026
Location: University of Liverpool
Session: Dynamical, in-situ and Environmental Microscopy
Operando Plasma-enabled Iron Oxide Reduction using Gas-plasma Transmission Electron Microscopy
Presenting author: Daan Hein Alsem
Room 3A | 11:05-11:20 | Wednesday, 2 September, 2026
Session: Dynamical, in-situ and Environmental Microscopy
Exceptional Resolution in High-pressure High-temperature Experimental Gas using In-situ Gas Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy
Presenting author: Calvin Parkin
Room 3A | 11:35-11:50 | Wednesday, 2 September, 2026
Session: ICMA Vendors
In-Situ Electron and X-Ray Microscopy Techniques for Studying Chemical Reactions
Presenting author: Daan Hein Alsem
Room 4B | 11:50-12:05 | Wednesday, 2 September, 2026
Selected Talks From Our Osers:
SUNDAY
Tutorial: Studying Electrochemical Reactions in LiquidEnvironments with In Situ/Operando Microscopy
🎤: See Wee Chee, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPS
📍: In Situ Liquid Electrochemical TEM Pre-Congress Workshop
🗓️: Sunday, August 30, 09:00 - 17:00
MONDAY
Operando Scanning Electron Microscopy Study of Nickel FoamCatalyst during Ammonia Decomposition Reaction
🎤: Roey Ben David, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPS
📍: Auditorium 1A
🗓️: Monday, August 31, 11:20-11:35
Imaging Dopant Contrast in Advanced-Node finFETs with STEMEBIC
🎤: William Hubbard, NanoElectronicImaging, Inc
📍: 1B (Auditorium)
🗓️: Monday, August 31, 14:25-14:40
Poster Session 1 - Imaging Electronic Changes in GaN HEMTSamples Under Gate and Channel Bias
🎤: William Hubbard, NanoElectronic Imaging, Inc
📍: Exhibition Hall
🗓️: Monday, August 31, 17:30-18:30
Probing the growth and stability of electrodeposited MnO2 byin situ electrochemical liquid phase transmission electron microscopy
🎤: Raquel Aymerich-Armengol,Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
📍: 1C (Auditorium)
🗓️: Monday, Aug 31,14:55-15:10
Invited: Propagating Phase Boundaries as DeterministicDrivers of Supported Nanoparticle Organization: In Situ TEM Evidence and DesignPrinciples
🎤: Eric Stach, University ofPennsylvania
📍: 1A (Auditorium)
🗓️: Monday, Aug 31,15:45-16:15
Quantitative measurement of local electric potential andtrapped charges in nanocapacitors by operando electron holography
🎤: Bérangère Disic, , CEMES CNRS
📍: 1B (Auditorium)
🗓️: Monday, Aug 31, 14:40-14:55
Poster Session 1: Probing charge trapping dynamics innanocapacitors by frequency-resolved operando electron holography
🎤: Bérangère Disic, , CEMES CNRS
📍: Exhibition Hall
🗓️: Monday, Aug 31, 17:30-18:30
TUESDAY
Visualizing the Oxyhydroxide Polymorphs Formed in β-Ni(OH)2 Nanoplates during AlkalineOxygen Evolution Reaction by 4D-STEM
🎤: Oliver Lin, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPS
📍: Auditorium 1A
🗓️: Tuesday, Sept 1, 11:20-11:35
A Comprehensive Picture of Electrocatalyst Restructuringduring Reaction via Multiscale Microscopy and Spectroscopy (Invited)
🎤: See Wee Chee, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPS
📍: Auditorium 1A
🗓️: Tuesday, Sept 1, 13:40-14:10
Connecting the Structural Evolution of Spinel Oxide Co2FeO4to its Ensemble Electrochemical Performance for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
🎤: Chenyue Qiu, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPS
📍: Auditorium 1C
🗓️: Tuesday, Sept 1, 17:00-17:15
Poster Session 2: Visualizing Pt Catalyst Re-shapingduring Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation at Near-Ambient Temperatures
🎤: Henry Geiss, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPS
📍: Exhibition Hall
🗓️: Tues, Sept 1, 17:30-18:30
Poster Session 2 - Live Imaging of Performance Degradationin Electronic Devices Under Electron Irradiation
🎤: William Hubbard, NanoElectronic Imaging, Inc
📍: Exhibition Hall
🗓️: Tuesday, Sept 1, 17:30-18:30
Unveiling Interfacial Phenomena in Conversion-Type Cathodesfor All-Solid-State Batteries
🎤: Vittorio Montanelli, EMPA
📍: 1C (Auditorium)
🗓️: Tuesday, Sept 1, 11:05-11:20
Quantitative in situ TEM studies of biased piezoelectric ZnOnanowires: deformation and electric fields
🎤: Wiktoria Zajkowska-Pietrzak,CEMES CNRS
📍: Room 4B
🗓️: Tuesday, Sept 1, 14:40-14:55
Nanoscale Structural and Chemical Degradation of LiCoO2Cathode in an Aqueous Electrolyte Battery through In Situ Liquid CellTransmission Electron Microscopy
🎤: Rui Serra Maia, InternationalIberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
📍: 1C (Auditorium)
🗓️: Tuesday, Sept 1, 14:55-15:10
WEDNESDAY
Automating the Scanning Electron Microscope Towards Long-Duration Studies of Electrocatalyst Stability under Reaction Conditions
🎤: Daniel Zeitler, Fritz Haber Institute of the MPS
📍: Exhibition Hall
🗓️: Wednesday, Sept 2, 17:30-18:30
Poster Session 3 - Advanced STEM EBIC: New Opportunities in the Picoamp Regime
🎤: William Hubbard, NanoElectronic Imaging, Inc
📍: Exhibition Hall
🗓️: Wednesday, Sept 2, 17:30-18:30
THURSDAY
Liquid Thickness Estimation of Thick Sample Assemblies in Transmission Electron Microscopy
🎤: Lau Kaas, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
📍: Room 3A
🗓️: Thursday, Sept 3,16:45-17:00
Poster Session 4 - Probing the Chemical Interaction of Neurotransmitter with Two-dimensional materials using in-situ liquid cell transmission electron microscopy
🎤: Chandra Tiwary, IIT-Kharagpur
📍: Exhibition Hall
🗓️: Thursday, Sept 3, 17:30-18:30