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Science 29 November 1991:
Vol. 254. no. 5036, pp. 1319 - 1326
DOI: 10.1126/science.254.5036.1319
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Atomic and Molecular Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

JOSEPH A. STROSCIO 1 and D. M. EIGLER 2

1 Physicist in the Electron and Optical Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
2 Research Staff Member of the IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA 95120

The prospect of manipulating matter on the atomic scale has fascinated scientists for decades. This fascination may be motivated by scientific and technological opportunities, or from a curiosity about the consequences of being able to place atoms in a particular location. Advances in scanning tunneling microscopy have made this prospect a reality; single atoms can be placed at selected positions and structures can be built to a particular design atom-by-atom. Atoms and molecules may be manipulated in a variety of ways by using the interactions present in the tunnel junction of a scanning tunneling microscope. Some of these recent developments and some of the possible uses of atomic and molecular manipulation as a tool for science are discussed.


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