These tools use an extremely sharp probe, sensitive enough to distinguish one atom from another as it scans across a flat surface. The tip of the probe carries an electric charge that enables it ...

This helps to visualise the structure. A two-dimensional model for the ionic lattice in sodium chloride A 2D model shows the arrangement of one layer of ions but it does have a major additional ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have recently succeeded in creating single-atom-layer metals with a thickness of just one ...