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IBM STM Image Gallery: Moving Atoms Feature Summary

Type:
From Physics Research
Title:
STM Gallery
Description:
This scanning tunneling microscope (STM) image shows a "corral" for electrons that was created on a crystal surface. To find out how how these images are made, visit The Scanning Tunneling Microscope.  For an artistic gallery of similar images, see IBM: STM Gallery.

(This feature was updated on March 23, 2012.)
Image:
image credit: R.J. Celotta, S. Balakirsky, J.A. Stroscio/NIST; <a href="http://cnst.nist.gov/epg/Projects/STM/tunnel_prog.html" target="_blank">image source</a>; <a href="http://cnst.nist.gov/epg/Projects/STM/images/Co_ellipse.gif" target="_blank">larger image</a>
image credit: R.J. Celotta, S. Balakirsky, J.A. Stroscio/NIST; image source; larger image
Image URL:
http://www.compadre.org/Informal/images/features/electwave-large-7-16-08.jpg
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