Advances in Atomic Level Technology

Atomic Force Microscopy

The World’s Smallest Fountain Pen?

New microscope tips use capillary action to print patterns tens of nanometers across. From NSF

Single-molecule recognition imaging microscopy

Describes a technique in an AFM that allows recognition of a specific type of molecule in a complex sample (chromatin) while simultaneously yielding high-resolution topographic images. C. Stroh et al., PNAS, 2004, vol. 101, no. 34