Sunday, April 3, 2016

Grabbing Atoms


  • Using a scanning tunneling microscope, scientists can actually "grab" a single atom or a small group of atoms.
  • For fun, IBM engineers made "Molecule Man, which was made of 28 two-atom groups placed on a platinum surface.
  • Molecule Man is only 5 billionths of a meter tall!

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