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Science 22 February 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5866, pp. 1051 - 1052
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154853
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MATERIALS SCIENCE:
How to Move an Atom

Oscar Custance1 and Seizo Morita2

An instrument that combines the strengths of AFM and STM allows determination of the forces required to move a single atom on a surface.

1National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, 305-0047 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. E-mail: custance.oscar{at}nims.go.jp

2Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-Oka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan. E-mail: smorita{at}eei.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

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