IBM takes first 3D image of atomic bonds

Re:IBM takes first 3D image of atomic bonds by yan on Thursday August 27, 2009 @05:27PM (#790104)

Are the samples cooled to near zero when scanning like this? As far as I understand, even slight temperatures cause molecules to move at ridiculous speeds.

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Re:IBM takes first 3D image of atomic bonds by wwalker3 on Thursday August 27, 2009 @05:56PM (#790193)

They said it was a 20-hour scan, at 5K, with the AFM tip 0.5 nanometers from the pentacene molecule. The molecule itself is 1.4 nm long, so they were only about 30% of its length away from it in the vertical direction.

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Re:IBM takes first 3D image of atomic bonds by ujjwalg on Thursday August 27, 2009 @05:31PM (#790114)

Yes, given the resolution of the image, I am guessing it must have been performed at UHV, ULT and vibration free room.

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