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This STM is so simple that we use it in UVA classes. But it also earned two physicists the Nobel Prize in 1986.
This STM is so simple that we use it in UVA classes. But it also earned two physicists the Nobel Prize in 1986. is an episode from Scanning Tunneling Microscope - How Nanoscientists see Atoms by John C. Bean - WeCanFigur...
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This STM is so simple that we use it in UVA classes. But it also earned two physicists the Nobel Prize in 1986. is an episode from Scanning Tunneling Microscope - How Nanoscientists see Atoms by John C. Bean - WeCanFigureThisOut.org. This t...
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Published Jul 24, 2017, 0:13 long, audio available.
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