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Talking point. The scanning tunneling probe as a feynman ‘sewing’ machine?
Author(s) -
Alberts Albert H.
Publication year - 1991
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.19910030409
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , materials science , superconductivity , quantum tunnelling , thiophene , pyrrole , electrochemical scanning tunneling microscope , molecule , scanning tunneling spectroscopy , macromolecule , point (geometry) , nanotechnology , feynman diagram , optoelectronics , condensed matter physics , physics , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , chemistry , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics
Research News/Talking Point : The prospect of using the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to ‘stitch’ together molecules of, for example, thiophene or pyrrole one by one to form macromolecular chains, or in the production of organic superconductors from Langmuir‐Blodgett arrays containing metal ions is discussed.