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• 7.8 Ranking LSPM Team: Scanning Probe Microscopes

  Scanning Probe Microscopes

  Type	Animations
  Contributor(s)	EPICS LSPM Team
  Date	15 Mar. 2005
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  Laura explains how scanning probe microscopes can be used to create images of small devices, molecules, and even atoms! A large-scale version of the scanning probe microscope is built out of Legos to show the basic principles.

• 6.4 Ranking LSPM Team: Feasibility of Molecular ...

  Feasibility of Molecular Manufacturing

  Type	Animations
  Contributor(s)	EPICS LSPM Team
  Date	15 Mar. 2005
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  Martin and Laura have an interesting debate about the feasibility of Molecular Manufacturing. Can molecular assemblers be developed to create new materials, new devices, and even macroscopic objects? Find out... If Martin ever wakes up!

• 3.5 Ranking Bean: Scanning Probe Microscope ...

  Scanning Probe Microscope Piezoelectric Crystals

  Type	Animations
  Contributor(s)	John C. Bean
  Date	16 Nov. 2005
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  In this resource we disassemble the piezoelectric assembly of a scanning probe microscope. At its core is a white cylinder of the piezoelectric material. If you look closely, it has a granular texture that reflects the fact that it is actually made up of many small crystals.

• 3.5 Ranking Bean: Scanning Probe Microscope Operation

  Scanning Probe Microscope Operation

  Type	Animations
  Contributor(s)	John C. Bean
  Date	16 Nov. 2005
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  Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs) include Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) and Scanning Tunneling Microscopes (STMs or STEMs). They are the only instruments in widespread use that can actually "see" single atoms! You can skim this resource quickly to learn the general concepts of SPMs, or you can ...

• 0.0 Ranking Bean: Scanning Electron Microscope

  Scanning Electron Microscope

  Type	Animations
  Contributor(s)	John C. Bean
  Date	16 Nov. 2005
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  This resource describes a scanning electron microscope (SEM). It includes detailed depictions of how the electron beam is focused and used to create hugely magnified images of experimental specimens.