Description:  Electron microscope images show gold wires only a handful of atoms thick. The dark dots are individual atoms. The wire in the bottom image is .6 nanometer in diameter.
Source:  Tokyo Institute of Technology
Story:  Atomic scale wire speeds electrons
TRN December 13, 2000
TRN Categories:  Semiconductors and Materials
Form:  Still

 
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