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Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Germany · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1981

Gerd Binnig1981

Ruschlikon · Science / Technology

With Heinrich Rohrer, develops a microscope that maps surfaces atom by atom by measuring electron tunnelling current.

Names involved

Gerd Binnig

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