An STM consists of an oscillating metallic tip that scans the surface of a sample while hovering about 1 nanometre above it. Electrons quantum mechanically tunnel across this tiny gap and the size of ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have constructed the world’s first atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscope (STM) in a hybrid magnet to obtain atomic resolved STM images of graphite in an ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) A scientist from the Institute of Physical Problems named after F. V. Lukin in Zelenograd, Russian Federation, has discovered a previously unknown three-dimensional nanostructure ...