'Explosive' atom movement is new window into growing metal nanostructures
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 22:20
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.