AXON HFR

High Frame Rate Imaging

The HFR module offers a new approach to visualizing and organizing high-frame-rate data captured during high-speed dynamics. 

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AXON HFR: FROM DATA OVERLOAD TO STRUCTURED SIMPLICITY

AXON HFR transforms your high-speed electron microscopy data captured using the Gatan IS-mode into a clear, navigable experience. By automatically enriching every frame with meaningful metadata, you can pinpoint critical events, reveal subtle trends, and streamline your analysis when using the AXON Studio module. Its timeline-based visualization tools bring order to even the most complex datasets, making it simple to find, filter, and share important insights. AXON HFR offers a powerful new workflow for studying high speed dynamics.

EXPLORE FASTER

Timeline Integration

Plot and filter data in innovative ways to quickly locate key information and effortlessly identify trends

SHARE EASIER

The "pack-and-share" function enables the sharing of only key segments of large datasets with colleagues

PUBLISH SOONER

Image stack and video export capabilities allow for the creation of data-rich visuals and videos, all in one platform, ready for publication

EXAMPLES USING THE AXON HFR MODULE

HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION

Use Gatan’s IS-mode to optimize for high temporal resolution and insert those extra frames into the sleek AXON Studio timeline. All experimental metadata will be added to these additional frames, which are then compatible with all analysis and filtering tools within Studio, providing organization for these extra-large datasets. 

 

In this video: Gatan’s IS mode on a OneView camera was used to capture a burst of dynamics during a heating experiment with Fusion AX. The high frame rate data is indicated via the pink bar in Studio, where you can see several additional frames for every one frame captured by AXON (in orange and blue) 

AXON MACHINE-VISION PLATFORM LIBRARY

Published research using the AXON software solution. Use the button on the right to filter the publications.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

TitleURLCitation
Real-time observation of atomic scale rearrangement for homogenizing ruthenium single atoms on N-doped carbon for CO2 hydrogenation to formic acidhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0021951725005743Lee, Kyung Rok; Jaleel, Ahsan; Park, Kwangho; Ahn, Sunghee; Haider, Arsalan; Lee, Ung; Jung, Kwang-Deog , Real-time observation of atomic scale rearrangement for homogenizing ruthenium single atoms on N-doped carbon for CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid, 2026, Journal of Catalysis, 10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116508
Operando Heating and Cooling Electrochemical 4D-STEM Probing Nanoscale Dynamics at Solid–Liquid Interfaceshttps://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c05005Kim, Sungin; Briega-Martos, Valentin; Liu, Shikai; Je, Kwanghwi; Shi, Chuqiao; Stephens, Katherine Marusak; Zeltmann, Steven E.; Zhang, Zhijing; Guzman-Soriano, Rafael; Li, Wenqi; Jiang, Jiahong; Choi, Juhyung; Negash, Yafet J.; Walden, Franklin S. II; Marthe, Nelson L. Jr.; Wellborn, Patrick S.; Guo, Yaofeng; Damiano, John; Han, Yimo; Thiede, Erik H.; Yang, Yao , Operando Heating and Cooling Electrochemical 4D-STEM Probing Nanoscale Dynamics at Solid–Liquid Interfaces, 2025, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 10.1021/jacs.5c05005
Radiation Chemistry in Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopyhttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c18504Koo, Kunmo; Chellam, Nikhil S; Shim, Sangyoon; Mirkin, Chad A; Schatz, George C; Hu, Xiaobing; Dravid, Vinayak P , Radiation Chemistry in Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy, 2025, ACS Nano, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c18504
Ultrafine metal nanoparticles isolated on oxide nano-islands as exceptional sintering-resistant catalystshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-025-02134-9Zhou, Tao; Li, Xu; Zhao, Jiankang; Luo, Lei; Wang, Yanru; Xiao, Zizhen; Hu, Sunpei; Wang, Ruyang; Zhao, Zekun; Liu, Chengyuan; Wu, Wenlong; Li, Hongliang; Zhang, Zhirong; Zhao, Long; Yan, Han; Zeng, Jie , Ultrafine metal nanoparticles isolated on oxide nano-islands as exceptional sintering-resistant catalysts, 2025, Nature Materials, 10.1038/s41563-025-02134-9
Self-Heating Conductive Ceramic Composites for High Temperature Thermal Energy Storagehttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c03270Yang, Lin; Peng, Peng; Weger, Nathaniel; Mills, Sean; Messeri, Clément; Menon, Akanksha K.; Zeltmann, Steven; Babbe, Finn; Zheng, Qiye; Dun, Chaochao; Zhang, Chuan; Urban, Jeffrey J.; Minor, Andrew M.; Prasher, Ravi; Breunig, Hanna; Lubner, Sean , Self-Heating Conductive Ceramic Composites for High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage, 2025, ACS Energy Letters, 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c03270
Coexisting phases of individual VO2 nanoparticles for multilevel nanoscale memoryhttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c13188Kepi?, Peter; Horák, Michal; Kabát, Ji?í; K?ápek, Vlastimil; Kone?ná, Andrea; Šikola, Tomáš; Ligmajer, Filip , Coexisting phases of individual VO2 nanoparticles for multilevel nanoscale memory, 2025, ACS Nano, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c13188
In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of Electrocatalyst Materials: Proposed Workflows, Technical Advances, Challenges, and Lessons Learnedhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smtd.202400851Abdellah, Ahmed M.; Salem, Kholoud E.; DiCecco, Liza?Anastasia; Ismail, Fatma; Rakhsha, Amirhossein; Grandfield, Kathryn; Higgins, Drew , In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of Electrocatalyst Materials: Proposed Workflows, Technical Advances, Challenges, and Lessons Learned, 2025, Small Methods, 10.1002/smtd.202400851
In Situ Formation of Ripplocations in Hybrid Organic–Inorganic MXeneshttps://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202411669Lagunas, Francisco; Zhou, Chenkun; Wang, Di; Thakur, Anupma; Anasori, Babak; Talapin, Dmitri V.; Hood, Zachary D.; Klie, Robert F. , In Situ Formation of Ripplocations in Hybrid Organic–Inorganic MXenes, 2025, Advanced Materials, 10.1002/adma.202411669
Operando Analysis of Dynamic Structural Changes on Rh Nanoparticle Surfaces During Catalytic Reduction of No Using an Environmental High-Voltage Electron Microscope–Quadrupole Mass Spectrometerhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1748013225000799Tang, Longshu; Tanaka, Hiromochi; Arai, Shigeo; Higuchi, Tetsuo; Muto, Shunsuke , Operando Analysis of Dynamic Structural Changes on Rh Nanoparticle Surfaces During Catalytic Reduction of No Using an Environmental High-Voltage Electron Microscope–Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, 2025, Nano Today, 10.1016/j.nantod.2025.102707
Atomic-Scale Tracking of Beam-Induced Phase Transitions in MgCr 1.5 Mn 0.5 O 4 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02880Zangeneh, Danial; Sapkota, Bibash; Uppuluri, Ritesh; Klie, Robert F. , Atomic-Scale Tracking of Beam-Induced Phase Transitions in MgCr 1.5 Mn 0.5 O 4 , 2025, Chemistry of Materials, 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02880
Traversing the Periodic Table through Phase?Separating Nanoreactorshttps://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202500088Wahl, Carolin B.; Swisher, Jordan H.; Smith, Peter T.; Dravid, Vinayak P.; Mirkin, Chad A. , Traversing the Periodic Table through Phase?Separating Nanoreactors, 2025, Advanced Materials, 10.1002/adma.202500088
Triton AX: Liquid Heating and Cooling Electrochemical Cell for ?In Situ? (S)TEMhttps://doi.org/10.1093/mictod/qaaf028Stephens, Katherine M; King, Zayna T; Wellborn, Patrick S; Dukes, Madeline D; Walden, Franklin S; Marthe, Nelson L; Barnes, Jake; McConnell, Jennifer; Damiano, John , Triton AX: Liquid Heating and Cooling Electrochemical Cell for ?In Situ? (S)TEM, 2025, Microscopy Today, https://doi.org/10.1093/mictod/qaaf028
Biomineralization of semiconductor quantum dots using DNA-functionalized protein nanoreactorshttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv6906Han, Zhenyu; Guo, Allen X; Luo, Taokun; Cai, Tong; Mirkin, Chad A , Biomineralization of semiconductor quantum dots using DNA-functionalized protein nanoreactors, 2025, Science Advances, 10.1126/sciadv.adv6906
In Situ 4D STEM of LiNiO 2 Particles Heated in an Oxygen Atmosphere: Toward Investigation of Solid?State Batteries Under Realistic Processing Conditionshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smtd.202500357Demuth, Thomas; Ahmed, Shamail; Kurzhals, Philipp; Haust, Johannes; Belz, Jürgen; Beyer, Andreas; Janek, Jürgen; Volz, Kerstin , In Situ 4D STEM of LiNiO 2 Particles Heated in an Oxygen Atmosphere: Toward Investigation of Solid?State Batteries Under Realistic Processing Conditions, 2025, Small Methods, 10.1002/smtd.202500357
Disorder-driven Sintering-free Garnet-type Solid Electrolyteshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58108-7#Sec13Kwon, Giyun; Gwon, Hyeokjo; Bae, Youngjoon; Jung, Changhoon; Ko, Dong-Su; Kim, Min; Yoon, Kyungho; Yoon, Gabin; Kim, Sewon; Jung, In-Sun; Lee, Sangjun; Kim, Tahee; Kim, Ju-Sik; Kim, Tae Young , Disorder-driven Sintering-free Garnet-type Solid Electrolytes, 2025, Nature Communications, 10.1038/s41467-025-58108-7
Toposelective Functionalization of Solution?Processed Transition Metal Dichalcogenides with Metal Nanoparticles via Defect Engineeringhttps://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202506605Ippolito, Stefano; Montes?García, Verónica; Kelly, Adam G.; Consolaro, Valentina Girelli; Baaziz, Walid; Cordero?Ferradás, María José; Dianat, Arezoo; Pérez?Juste, Jorge; Pastoriza?Santos, Isabel; Ersen, Ovidiu; Cuniberti, Gianaurelio; Coleman, Jonathan N.; Samorì, Paolo , Toposelective Functionalization of Solution?Processed Transition Metal Dichalcogenides with Metal Nanoparticles via Defect Engineering, 2025, Advanced Materials, 10.1002/adma.202506605
Controlling Fatigue Cracks in the Transmission Electron Microscopehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smtd.202500832Baker, Andrew; Dorman, Kyle R.; Hattar, Khalid; House, Stephen D.; Boyce, Brad L. , Controlling Fatigue Cracks in the Transmission Electron Microscope, 2025, Small Methods, 10.1002/smtd.202500832
In Situ Study of Resistive Switching in a Nitride?Based Memristive Devicehttps://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202517173Zhang, Di; Dhall, Rohan; Schneider, Matthew M.; Li, Cun; Song, Chengyu; Kunwar, Sundar; Dou, Hongyi; Yazzie, Natanii R.; Tran, Henry; Appuing, Daniel; Ciston, Jim; Cucciniello, Nicholas G.; Roy, Pinku; Pettes, Michael T.; Watt, John; Kuo, Winson; Wang, Haiyan; Cao, Ye; McCabe, Rodney J.; Chen, Aiping , In Situ Study of Resistive Switching in a Nitride?Based Memristive Device, 2025, Advanced Functional Materials, 10.1002/adfm.202517173
Investigating Palladium Nanoparticle Morphogenesis on Zeolite for Passive NO x Adsorption via In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis under Hydrothermal Conditionshttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.4c00429Pulinthanathu Sree, Sreeprasanth; Smet, Sam; Bellani, Claudio; Geerts-Claes, Hannelore; Straubinger, Rainer; Seo, Jin Won; Martens, Johan , Investigating Palladium Nanoparticle Morphogenesis on Zeolite for Passive NO x Adsorption via In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis under Hydrothermal Conditions, 2024, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 10.1021/acsanm.4c00429
Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidationhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-024-01187-4Lu, Bingzhang; Wahl, Carolin; Dos Reis, Roberto; Edgington, Jane; Lu, Xiao Kun; Li, Ruihan; Sweers, Matthew E.; Ruggiero, Brianna; Gunasooriya, G. T. Kasun Kalhara; Dravid, Vinayak; Seitz, Linsey C. , Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidation, 2024, Nature Catalysis, 10.1038/s41929-024-01187-4
Ingenious Architecture and Coloration Generation in Enamel of Rodent Teethhttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c00578Srot, Vesna; Houari, Sophia; Kapun, Gregor; Bussmann, Birgit; Predel, Felicitas; Pokorny, Boštjan; Bužan, Elena; Salzberger, Ute; Fenk, Bernhard; Kelsch, Marion; Van Aken, Peter A. , Ingenious Architecture and Coloration Generation in Enamel of Rodent Teeth, 2024, ACS Nano, 10.1021/acsnano.4c00578
A new paradigm in electron microscopy: Automated microstructure analysis utilizing a dynamic segmentation convolutional neutral networkhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2590049824000055Taller, Stephen; Scime, Luke; Austin, Ty , A new paradigm in electron microscopy: Automated microstructure analysis utilizing a dynamic segmentation convolutional neutral network, 2024, Materials Today Advances, 10.1016/j.mtadv.2024.100468
Liquid phase electron microscopy of bacterial ultrastructurehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202402871Caffrey, Brian J.; Pedrazo-Tardajos, Adrián; Liberti, Emanuela; Gaunt, Ben; Kim, Judy S.; Kirkland, Angus I. , Liquid phase electron microscopy of bacterial ultrastructure, 2024, Small, 10.1002/smll.202402871
Formation mechanism of high-index faceted Pt-Bi alloy nanoparticles by evaporation-induced growth from metal saltshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39458-6Koo, Kunmo; Shen, Bo; Baik, Sung-Il; Mao, Zugang; Smeets, Paul J. M.; Cheuk, Ivan; He, Kun; Dos Reis, Roberto; Huang, Liliang; Ye, Zihao; Hu, Xiaobing; Mirkin, Chad A.; Dravid, Vinayak P. , Formation mechanism of high-index faceted Pt-Bi alloy nanoparticles by evaporation-induced growth from metal salts, 2023, Nature Communications, 10.1038/s41467-023-39458-6
Environment-Dependent Structural Evolution and Electrocatalytic Performance in N 2 Reduction of Mo-Based ZIF-8https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.3c01669Hsiao, Kai-Yuan; Tseng, Yu-Han; Chiang, Chao-Lung; Chen, Yan-De; Lin, Yan-Gu; Lu, Ming-Yen , Environment-Dependent Structural Evolution and Electrocatalytic Performance in N 2 Reduction of Mo-Based ZIF-8, 2023, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 10.1021/acsanm.3c01669
Automated Grain Boundary Detection for Bright-Field Transmission Electron Microscopy Images via U-Nethttps://academic.oup.com/mam/advance-article/doi/10.1093/micmic/ozad115/7422794Patrick, Matthew J; Eckstein, James K; Lopez, Javier R; Toderas, Silvia; Asher, Sarah A; Whang, Sylvia I; Levine, Stacey; Rickman, Jeffrey M; Barmak, Katayun , Automated Grain Boundary Detection for Bright-Field Transmission Electron Microscopy Images via U-Net, 2023, Microscopy and Microanalysis, https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad115
Challenges of Electron Correlation Microscopy on Amorphous Silicon and Amorphous Germaniumhttps://academic.oup.com/mam/article/29/5/1579/7252196Radi?, Dražen; Peterlechner, Martin; Spangenberg, Katharina; Posselt, Matthias; Bracht, Hartmut , Challenges of Electron Correlation Microscopy on Amorphous Silicon and Amorphous Germanium, 2023, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 10.1093/micmic/ozad090
In situ TEM studies of relaxation dynamics and crystal nucleation in thin film nanoglasseshttps://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2023.2278597Voigt, Hendrik; Rigoni, Aaron; Boltynjuk, Evgeniy; Rösner, Harald; Hahn, Horst; Wilde, Gerhard , In situ TEM studies of relaxation dynamics and crystal nucleation in thin film nanoglasses, 2023, Materials Research Letters, 10.1080/21663831.2023.2278597
Shedding Light on the Birth of Hybrid Perovskites: A Correlative Study by In Situ Electron Microscopy and Synchrotron-Based X-ray Scatteringhttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01167Sidhoum, Charles; Constantin, Doru; Ihiawakrim, Dris; Lenertz, Marc; Bizien, Thomas; Sanchez, Clément; Ersen, Ovidiu , Shedding Light on the Birth of Hybrid Perovskites: A Correlative Study by In Situ Electron Microscopy and Synchrotron-Based X-ray Scattering, 2023, Chemistry of Materials, 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01167
A Machine-Vision Approach to Transmission Electron Microscopy Workflows, Results Analysis and Data Managementhttps://www.jove.com/t/65446/a-machine-vision-approach-to-transmission-electron-microscopyDukes, Madeline Dressel; Krans, Nynke Albertine; Marusak, Katherine; Walden, Stamp; Eldred, Tim; Franks, Alan; Larson, Ben; Guo, Yaofeng; Nackashi, David; Damiano, John , A Machine-Vision Approach to Transmission Electron Microscopy Workflows, Results Analysis and Data Management, 2023, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 10.3791/65446
Confinement Effects on the Structure of Entropy?Induced Supercrystalshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202303380Goldmann, Claire; Chaâbani, Wajdi; Hotton, Claire; Impéror?Clerc, Marianne; Moncomble, Adrien; Constantin, Doru; Alloyeau, Damien; Hamon, Cyrille , Confinement Effects on the Structure of Entropy?Induced Supercrystals, 2023, Small, 10.1002/smll.202303380
Correlating the dispersion of Li@Mn6 superstructure units with the oxygen activation in Li-rich layered cathodehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240582972100578XLi, Yiwei; Xu, Shenyang; Zhao, Wenguang; Chen, Zhefeng; Chen, Zhaoxi; Li, Shunning; Hu, Jiangtao; Cao, Bo; Li, Jianyuan; Zheng, Shisheng; Chen, Ziwei; Zhang, Taolue; Zhang, Mingjian; Pan, Feng , Correlating the dispersion of Li@Mn6 superstructure units with the oxygen activation in Li-rich layered cathode, 2022, Energy Storage Materials, 10.1016/j.ensm.2021.12.003
AXON Dose: A Solution for Measuring and Managing Electron Dose in the TEMhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1551929522000840/type/journal_articleDamiano, John; Walden, Stamp; Franks, Alan; Marusak, Kate; Larson, Ben; Coy, Mike; Nackashi, David , AXON Dose: A Solution for Measuring and Managing Electron Dose in the TEM, 2022, Microscopy Today, 10.1017/S1551929522000840
Real-time, On-Microscope Automated Quantification of Features in Microcopy Experiments Using Machine Learning and Edge Computinghttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1431927622007929/type/journal_articleField, Kevin G.; Patki, Priyam; Sharaf, Nasir; Sun, Kai; Hawkins, Laura; Lynch, Matthew; Jacobs, Ryan; Morgan, Dane D.; He, Lingfeng; Field, Christopher R. , Real-time, On-Microscope Automated Quantification of Features in Microcopy Experiments Using Machine Learning and Edge Computing, 2022, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 10.1017/S1431927622007929
Decoupled alpha and beta relaxation kinetics in a thermally cycled bulk Pd40Ni40P20 glasshttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0925838822017777Stringe, Mark; Spangenberg, Katharina; da Silva Pinto, Manoel Wilker; Peterlechner, Martin; Wilde, Gerhard , Decoupled alpha and beta relaxation kinetics in a thermally cycled bulk Pd40Ni40P20 glass, 2022, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.165386
Liquid-EM goes viral – visualizing structure and dynamicshttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0959440X22001051Kelly, Deborah F.; DiCecco, Liza-Anastasia; Jonaid, G.M.; Dearnaley, William J.; Spilman, Michael S.; Gray, Jennifer L.; Dressel-Dukes, Madeline J. , Liquid-EM goes viral – visualizing structure and dynamics, 2022, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102426
Directly Probing the Local Coordination, Charge State, and Stability of Single Atom Catalysts by Advanced Electron Microscopy: A Reviewhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.202006482Tieu, Peter; Yan, Xingxu; Xu, Mingjie; Christopher, Phillip; Pan, Xiaoqing , Directly Probing the Local Coordination, Charge State, and Stability of Single Atom Catalysts by Advanced Electron Microscopy: A Review, 2021, Small, 10.1002/smll.202006482

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