Visualizing the 'invisible'

The ability of scientists to image and manipulate matter at the (sub)atomic scale is a result of stunning advances in microscopy. Foremost amongst these was the invention of the scanning probe microscope, which, despite its classification as a microscope, does not rely on optics to generate images....

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Main Author: Moriarty, Philip
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Published: MIT Press Journals 2015
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description The ability of scientists to image and manipulate matter at the (sub)atomic scale is a result of stunning advances in microscopy. Foremost amongst these was the invention of the scanning probe microscope, which, despite its classification as a microscope, does not rely on optics to generate images. Instead, images are produced via the interaction of an atomically sharp probe with a surface. Here the author considers to what extent those images represent an accurate picture of ‘reality’ at a size regime where quantum physics holds sway, and where the image data can be acquired and manipulated in a variety of ways.
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spelling nottingham-317152020-05-04T20:10:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31715/ Visualizing the 'invisible' Moriarty, Philip The ability of scientists to image and manipulate matter at the (sub)atomic scale is a result of stunning advances in microscopy. Foremost amongst these was the invention of the scanning probe microscope, which, despite its classification as a microscope, does not rely on optics to generate images. Instead, images are produced via the interaction of an atomically sharp probe with a surface. Here the author considers to what extent those images represent an accurate picture of ‘reality’ at a size regime where quantum physics holds sway, and where the image data can be acquired and manipulated in a variety of ways. MIT Press Journals 2015-02 Article PeerReviewed Moriarty, Philip (2015) Visualizing the 'invisible'. Leanardo, 48 (1). pp. 64-65. ISSN 1530-9282 scientific visualization; scanning probe microscopy; imaging atoms; molecules; quantum physics http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/LEON_a_00897#.VsHcH_mLRph doi:10.1162/LEON_a_00897 doi:10.1162/LEON_a_00897
spellingShingle scientific visualization; scanning probe microscopy; imaging atoms; molecules; quantum physics
Moriarty, Philip
Visualizing the 'invisible'
title Visualizing the 'invisible'
title_full Visualizing the 'invisible'
title_fullStr Visualizing the 'invisible'
title_full_unstemmed Visualizing the 'invisible'
title_short Visualizing the 'invisible'
title_sort visualizing the 'invisible'
topic scientific visualization; scanning probe microscopy; imaging atoms; molecules; quantum physics
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