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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| 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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