Metallic Tip of STM Driving the Maganetic Quantum State of an Iron Atom Into a Different Direction (IMAGE)

Institute for Basic Science

Metallic Tip of STM Driving the Maganetic Quantum State of an Iron Atom Into a Different Direction

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The metallic tip of a scanning tunneling microscope is used to drive the magnetic quantum state of an iron atom into a different direction.

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Institute for Basic Science (IBS)

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