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Rohrer, Heinrich, 1933–, Swiss physicist, Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1963. At the IBM Research Laboratory in Zürich, Rohrer and fellow researcher Gerd Binnig Binnig, Gerd , 1947–, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Frankfurt, 1978. At the IBM Research Laboratory in Zürich, Binnig and fellow researcher Heinrich Rohrer built the first scanning tunneling microscope, an instrument so sensitive that it can distinguish
..... Click the link for more information. built the first scanning tunneling microscope, an instrument so sensitive that it can distinguish individual atoms. For their innovation they shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernst Ruska Ruska, Ernst, 1906–88, German electrical engineer. By applying the discovery that electron waves are 100,000 times shorter than those of light, Ruska built a microscope that used a beam of electrons to produce a greatly magnified image. ..... Click the link for more information. , who invented (1933) the first electron microscope. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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