TIL that in 1989, scientists at IBM succeeded in arranging 35 individual xenon atoms on a substrate of chilled crystal of nickel to spell out the initials "IBM". It was the first time atoms had been precisely positioned on a flat surface.


TIL that in 1989, scientists at IBM succeeded in arranging 35 individual xenon atoms on a substrate of chilled crystal of nickel to spell out the initials "IBM". It was the first time atoms had been precisely positioned on a flat surface. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_(atoms)#cite_note-2 putrid_barber_20 July 26, 2022 at 08:21AM

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