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Christoph Gerber: atomic-force microscope pioneer

23 May 2016

Christoph Gerber, who co-invented the atomic force microscope, tells Matthew Chalmers how the AFM came about 30 years ago and why it continues to shape research at the nanoscale

Nano-vision Christoph Gerber is at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University Basel, Switzerl

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Matthew Chalmers is a science writer
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