Scanning the surface.

Authors :: Peterson, Ivars
Source :: Science News. 4/1/89, Vol. 135 Issue 13, p200-203. 3p. 2 Color Photographs, 3 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :: 1989
Abstract: Focuses on the use of the scanning tunneling microscope in analyzing the surface structure of various substances and minerals in New York. Description of the properties of solid surfaces; Analysis of the atomic and electronic structure of semiconductor surfaces; Importance of surface structures in determining the crucial properties of materials.