Scanning Tunneling Microscope
With Heinrich Rohrer, develops a microscope that maps surfaces atom by atom by measuring electron tunnelling current.
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Gerd Binnig Biography and Timeline
Follow Gerd Binnig through 2 dated historical records for Germany.
Gerd Binnig, historical timeline
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1981–1986Years on this page
1981
1986
Nobel Prize for Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for design of the scanning tunnelling microscope.
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