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.
An inner circle of six silicon atoms and an outer circle of 12 silicon atoms forming a lovely "Atomic Rose". Image taken by scanning tunnelling microscope at Bath by Duncan Lock.
Congratulations of Sarah and Rebecca, both graduating from the MPhy course. It was a pleasure to have you in the lab. Will you be back?
Recommended listening for this post: Sometimes, life can feel like you're stuck in the part of the training montage where nothing is going right. No matter how much you "wax on, wax off", the finish on Mr. Miyagi's car...
GJ getting rid of the noise on that last one
"My old chemistry teacher had said that atoms and molecules were too small to see, well it turns out he was wrong."
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If you can see an atom as you claim, please DRAW an atom, any atom...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4iFCu4ih10
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lmao get out