Physics World Focus on Nanotechnology 2016

With 2016 marking the 30th anniversary of the atomic force microscope (AFM) and also the award of a Nobel prize for the scanning tunnelling microscope, in this Physics World Focus we review the immense achievements of these tools in the nano-arena and speak to AFM co-inventor Christoph Gerber. We also survey IBM’s efforts to build the next technology node for the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, explore the science made possible by nano-sized synchrotron X-ray beams, and report on a new European project that is harnessing nanotechnology to preserve art.

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