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An atomic-sized image from IBM labs
which is part of an art exhibit at the US Patent and Trademark Museum in
Alexandria, Virginia. This image made of 48 iron atoms using Scan Tunnel
microscope is features in the 'The Art of Invention' exhibit While
experimenting with materials that may form computer chips and storage
components in future, scientists have built images with individual atoms
such as this stadium-shaped "Quantum Corral' made of iron atoms in order
to 'corral' some of the surface electrons and view the ripples that
resulted. |