World's Smallest Magnetic Data Storage Unit (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Association

World's Smallest Magnetic Data Storage Unit (2 of 2)

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This graphic shows the atomically precise assembly of an atomic-scale antiferromagnet with the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. Iron atoms are placed onto a copper nitride surface and bound by two nitrogen atoms (blue rods) into a regular array separated by one copper atom (yellow).

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Sebastian Loth/CFEL

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