Scanning Tunneling Microscope (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Scanning Tunneling Microscope

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This is an illustration of a buckydiamondoid molecule under a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The sharp metallic tip of the STM ends in a single atom; as it scans over a sample, electrons tunnel from the tip into the sample. In this study the STM made images of the buckydiamondoids and probed their electronic properties.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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