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Chemistry World February 28, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Individual Atoms' Chemical ID Revealed Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that atomic force microscopy can be used to reveal the chemical identity of individual atoms on a surface at room temperature.
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Chemistry World April 5, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Graphene puts wet chemistry under the microscope Scientists in the US and Korea have shown that the single-atom thick carbon membrane can be used as a cover slip for an electron microscope to allow atomic-resolution observations of wet chemistry - something that is notoriously tricky to achieve.
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Chemistry World September 6, 2007 Tom Westgate	Probe Maps Individual Atoms in Semiconductor Troublesome clusters of dopant atoms have been 'seen' for the first time. Researchers have drawn up the first 3D maps of the individual atoms in a semiconductor.
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Technology Research News October 8, 2003	Nanotubes harvest electrons Researchers from the University of Bologna and the University of Trieste in Italy, and the University of Notre Dame have found a way to alter carbon nanotubes so that they efficiently separate electrical charge. The method could lead to more efficient solar cells.
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Chemistry World January 31, 2014 Philip Ball	X-rays set to reveal electrons' dance In principle the very intense, ultra-short x-ray pulses produced by free-electron laser sources will be capable of revealing the motions of electrons in real time as they hop between different energy states in atoms and molecules.
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Technology Research News April 9, 2003	Twisted nanotubes have spring Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found a way to use carbon nanotubes -- rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that form naturally in soot -- as tiny springs for microscopic devices.
Technology Research News February 9, 2005 Eric Smalley	Atomic scopes eye living tissue Researchers have used a scanning probe microscope to look at the structure of a butterfly's wing at a resolution of five nanometers -- just two and a half times the width of DNA molecule -- proving that it is possible to use these microscopes to analyze material from living systems.
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Chemistry World July 22, 2008	Weighing Molecules with Nanotubes US scientists have made a nanoscale mass sensor which can weigh molecules with atomic precision.
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Chemistry World July 14, 2006 Victoria Gill	Ultimate Apex Achieved Researchers have devised a method of coating a tungsten point with a protective layer of nitrogen, which holds all of the metal atoms in place and maintains the tiniest point possible.
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Chemistry World October 10, 2013 Laura Howes	The dance of glass atoms caught on tape A collaboration between US and German-based researchers has used transmission electron microscopy to watch how the atoms in glass rearrange.
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