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single atom photo
Scale: between the two needle tips: 2mm
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Thanks for sharing

story and an atomic film:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news ... ition-spd/
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That's a very large atom.
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Is it the small pink dot in the middle? What is the visualisation thechnique? Raster electron microscope?
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The atom is used as kind of a "mirror" for a laser beam ;-)
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Post by EdLee »

Hi gowan,
That's a very large atom.
Please see Gomoto's post (thanks, Gomoto).
1989 :)
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