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The STM: A synthetic tool to create ‘molecular wires’?
Author(s) -
Wegner Gerhard
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.19910030410
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , materials science , point (geometry) , scanning tunneling microscope , engineering physics , physics , mathematics , geometry
Research News/Talking Point : A somewhat less optimistic view is given of the potential uses of the STM in a comment on the ideas presented by A. Alberts in the preceeding article of this issue. The progress made with the STM technique and its limitations are discussed.