Visualizing the 'invisible'

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Moriarty, Philip (2015) Visualizing the 'invisible'. Leanardo, 48 (1). pp. 64-65. ISSN 1530-9282

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Official URL: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/LEON_a_00897#.VsHcH_mLRph

Abstract

The ability of scientists to image and manipulate matter at the (sub)atomic scale is a result of stunning advances in microscopy. Foremost amongst these was the invention of the scanning probe microscope, which, despite its classification as a microscope, does not rely on optics to generate images. Instead, images are produced via the interaction of an atomically sharp probe with a surface. Here the author considers to what extent those images represent an accurate picture of ‘reality’ at a size regime where quantum physics holds sway, and where the image data can be acquired and manipulated in a variety of ways.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/985153
Additional Information:	Copyright MIT Press. Published in Leonardo, February 2015, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 64-65
Keywords:	scientific visualization; scanning probe microscopy; imaging atoms; molecules; quantum physics
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy
Identification Number:	10.1162/LEON_a_00897
Related URLs:	URL URL Type http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/leon UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Eprints, Support
Date Deposited:	15 Feb 2016 14:37
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 20:10
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/31715

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