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Article: Up front with ERN: small things that make techno-geeks happy.(Ernest Worthman)(use of atoms in semiconductor devices)(Column)
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- Wireless Design & Development
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- September 1, 2005
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One thing I want to do before I die is see an atom. I know that objective pales in comparison to having a lifelong goal of finding a cure for Alzheimer's, or walking on the moon as a civilian. But still ... for an eternal techno-geek like me, that is something that excites me.
When I say "see an atom," I mean "SEE an atom." Not a mathematical representation, not an electronically-generated image, not using Avogadro's number but the real McCoy! And, I may just get that chance.
In a study published in the August I issue of Applied Physics Letters, John Booske, a UW-Madison professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Keith Thompson, David Larson ...