Manipulation (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

Manipulation

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An electron beam focused on a carbon atom next to a silicon impurity atom can controllably make it jump to where the beam was placed. Step by step this allows the silicon to be moved with atomic precision around a hexagonal path.

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© CC-BY, Toma Susi / University of Vienna

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