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Surface anlysis IV . Moving single atoms and breaking chemical bonds
Author(s) -
Rabe Jürgen P.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19900020909
Subject(s) - materials science , ibm , surface (topology) , chemical bond , crystallography , nanotechnology , chemical physics , physics , organic chemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics
Workers at IBM have recently demonstrated the manipulation of single atoms, using an STM to write their company;s name in letters 5 nm high, assembled from exnon atoms. The method used is described and trends in this area examined.