"Explosive" Atom Movement Is New Window Into Growing Metal Nanostructures
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 11:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists expected to see slow, random movement when they dropped lead atoms on a lead-on-silicon surface. But they saw instead? Fast, organized atoms. The unusual "explosive" movement may represent a new way to grow perfect, tiny metal nanostructures for nanostransistors and nanomagnets.