Researchers Create Artificial Materials Atom-By-Atom (IMAGE)

Aalto University

Researchers Create Artificial Materials Atom-By-Atom

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The tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) above chlorine atoms that have been deliberately moved. By moving individual atoms under their microscope, scientists were able to arrange vacancies in a single layer of chlorine atoms and create atomic lattices with a predetermined electrical response.

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Ella Maru Studio & Aalto University

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