scanning tunneling microscope
noun
: a microscope that makes use of the phenomenon of tunneling electrons to map the positions of individual atoms in a surface or to move atoms around on a surface
scanning tunneling microscopy
noun
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So for each attempt, the researchers checked their work by directly probing the sheets with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
The team confirmed the doping by studying the crystals’ electronic energy levels using a scanning tunneling microscope.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2011
The scanning tunneling microscope used for the race.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017
In 1981, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer created the scanning tunneling microscope here.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2020
The molecules are manipulated using a scanning tunneling microscope , an instrument for imaging materials at an atomic level.
—Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013
Heinrich used a scanning tunneling microscope to align the iron atoms so each one takes on a magnetic polarity opposite that of its neighbor.
—Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2012
The revolution began quietly in 1981, when Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer at IBM in Zurich invented the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), which could read a surface atom by atom.
—Andrew Grant, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2010
By moving the needle of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) across a surface and monitoring the electric current that flows through it, scientists can map a surface to the level of single atoms.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2022
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
The team confirmed the doping by studying the crystals’ electronic energy levels using a scanning tunneling microscope.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2011
The scanning tunneling microscope used for the race.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017
In 1981, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer created the scanning tunneling microscope here.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2020
The molecules are manipulated using a scanning tunneling microscope , an instrument for imaging materials at an atomic level.
—Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013
Heinrich used a scanning tunneling microscope to align the iron atoms so each one takes on a magnetic polarity opposite that of its neighbor.
—Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2012
The revolution began quietly in 1981, when Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer at IBM in Zurich invented the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), which could read a surface atom by atom.
—Andrew Grant, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2010
By moving the needle of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) across a surface and monitoring the electric current that flows through it, scientists can map a surface to the level of single atoms.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2022
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