Sentences with phrase «xenon atom on»

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.

Not exact matches

Since the experiment doesn't rely on detecting vibrations, the XENON team doesn't need to worry about quieting the target atoms by cooling them to near - absolute zero.

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».

As WIMPs pass through the tank, they should, on very rare occasions, bump into the nucleus of a xenon atom.

However, xenon would not have the same effect on the dark atom and so the particle would go unnoticed by XENON100.