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Science 12 June 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3937, pp. 1338 - 1340
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3937.1338
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Visibility of Single Atoms

A. V. Crewe 1, J. Wall 2, and J. Langmore 2

1 Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
2 Department of Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Theoretical and experimental studies indicate that, with a high-resolution scanning electron microscope, it is now possible to obtain pictures of a single heavy atom resting on a thin carbon substrate.


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