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Individual Atom Manipulation with Tunnelling Electrons

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

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1989

Donald Eigler1989

San Jose · Science / Technology

Uses a scanning tunnelling microscope to position individual xenon atoms on a nickel surface.

Names involved

Donald Eigler

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