Nanoscience -- Directing Atoms (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nanoscience -- Directing Atoms

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ORNL's Bethany Hudak places a crystal sample in an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope. Her team was able to selectively position bismuth atoms in the bulk of a crystal below its surface -- a feat that has implications for constructing future quantum computers.

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Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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