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- nanotechnology
contribution by
- Binnig
- In Gerd Binnig
- Rohrer
use in
- determining molecular structure
- diagnosis of plant diseases
- direct imaging of atoms
Additional Reading
An informative introduction to scanning tunneling microscopes without the heavy technical details is provided in the following review articles: Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer, “The Scanning Tunneling Microscope,” Scientific American, 253(2):50–56 (August 1985); J.A. Golovchenko, “The Tunneling Microscope: A New Look at the Atomic World,” Science, 232:48–53 (April 4, 1986); and C.F. Quate, “Vacuum Tunneling: A New Technique for Microscopy,” Physics Today, 39(8):26–33 (August 1986). R.J. Behm, Nicolás Garcia, and Heinrich Rohrer (eds.), Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Related Methods (1990), is an advanced series of lectures relating to this new microscopy.
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Calvin F. Quate
Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, California.
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| Links and video added. | Apr 21, 2023 | ||
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| New bibliography added. | Dec 10, 2009 |
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