This image of a growing crystal demonstrates the resolving power of scanning probe microscopy, a newly - emerging method of surface imaging. (newscientist.com)
In the last 30 years he has continued to explore the possibility of using scanning probes as imaging, manipulation and diagnostic tools. (kavliprize.org)
One path to advanced nanotechnologies begins with using scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to make atomically precise surface modifications — see, for example p. xii of Productive Nanosystems: A Technology Roadmap. (foresight.org)