Spherical Patterns on a Copper Surface (IMAGE)

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Spherical Patterns on a Copper Surface

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A scanning tunneling microscope recognizes spherical patterns on a copper surface (image section approx. nine times nine nanometers). These irregularities in electron distribution are caused by cobalt atoms deep inside the copper.

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Forschungszentrum Jülich and Universität Göttingen, Germany

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