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Inside Front Cover: A Quantum‐Stabilized Mirror for Atoms (Adv. Mater. 18/2008)
Author(s) -
Barredo Daniel,
Calleja Fabian,
Nieto Pablo,
Hinarejos Juan José,
Laurent Guillame,
de Parga Amadeo L. Vázquez,
Farías Daniel,
Miranda Rodolfo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200890074
Subject(s) - materials science , front cover , bent molecular geometry , micrometer , cover (algebra) , helium , nanometre , optics , beam (structure) , resolution (logic) , microscopy , scanning tunneling microscope , front (military) , atomic physics , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , physics , composite material , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering , meteorology
The inside cover shows “the smoothest surface ever made”, a quantum‐stabilized, atomically flat Pb film on Si(111), reflecting a He beam. Rodolfo Miranda, Amadeo L. Vazquez de Parga, and co‐workers report on p. 3492 that this helium mirror can also be electrostatically bent to focus the He beam into a sub‐micrometer spot, implying that current prototype scanning helium atom microscopy/diffractometry instruments could easily reach nanometer resolution.