Sentences with phrase «single xenon atom»

To measure the van der Waals forces, scientists in Basel used a low - temperature atomic force microscope with a single xenon atom on the tip.

To do this, they fixed individual noble gas atoms within a molecular network and determined the interactions with a single xenon atom that they had positioned at the tip of an atomic force microscope.

IBM scientists first demonstrated this technique in 1990 when they discovered how to use an STM to move single xenon atoms around on a nickel surface — they used 35 of them to spell out «IBM».

Not exact matches

The term state is in quotes, because a wide variety of agents — ranging from single atoms such as xenon to polycyclic hydrocarbons — can produce insensibility to pain and loss of awareness.

The smaller ring (compound labeled 1; top) self - assembles into straws with narrow - bore interiors that can accommodate xenon atoms only in single file.