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Science 4 April 1986:
Vol. 232. no. 4746, pp. 48 - 53
DOI: 10.1126/science.232.4746.48
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The Tunneling Microscope: A New Look at the Atomic World

J. A. GOLOVCHENKO 1

1 Member of the technical staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974.

A new instrument called the tunneling microscope has recently been developed that is capable of generating real-space images of surfaces showing atomic structure. These images offer a new view of matter on an atomic scale. The current capabilities and limitations and the physics involved in the technique are discussed along with specific results from a study of silicon crystal surfaces.


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