«Microscopic solution prevents tip of scanning tunneling microscope from hitting surface.» (sciencedaily.com)
Using scanning tunnelling microscopes, scientists at TU Vienna have now been able to image the catalytic behaviour of platinum sitting on iron - oxide, which allowed them to explain the process on an atomic scale. (sciencedaily.com)
First image of the structure of a silicon crystal lattice taken by scanning tunneling microscope (STM), by Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer (1983) STM is one of the primary methods we use to see individual atoms and molecules, and it revolutionized many areas of science, including materials science (nanotechnology). (io9.gizmodo.com)