A combination of Trivial Transfer Graphene and a lot of work, here is Kristina's second image, lovely graphene!

After about a year of hard work we finally have the Omicron LT-Q+ working at 77 K with a Q+ tip (albeit in STM mode). Here are some raw examples of the first images we have taken.

You can now, if you so desire, find me on: Google scholar link and ResearcherID

Welcome to group TPV-200. May you work hard and keep the Q+ cold. Update: the vessel is full, and the Q+ is cold. Let's see if the microscope works on Monday. Update 2: The Q+ is at 77K.

BBC News - Carry on camping - can a week under canvas reset our body clocks?. Well I think I kind of knew this. The last time I had a week or more camping was before going to Polanyi's lab...

Official University News. ... Dr Peter Sloan, Lecturer in Physics added: “With the nano-factory, we can also build up bespoke atomic-scale structures one atom at a time to link with the stencilled devices, making our new microscope world-leading. Not only...

In hardback or on Kindle, a great read especially chapter 5, only £89 from Amazon (free P & P)

Can you leave a molecular switch to its own devices? We expose the not-so-passive influence of a scanning tunnelling microscope tip on a molecular switch. See: IOP for a summary Movie made from a time lapse series of scanning tunnelling microscope...

Lovely!

Some  press coverage from New Scientist of some of my last work (PRL) done at Birmingham before moving to Bath. Electrons go under the surface... http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727713.800#.UfKYho3vt4c Peter