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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 267 - 268 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.115

Force microscopy: Magnetic tips probe the nanoworld

Ernst Meyer1 & Simon Rast1

  1. Ernst Meyer and Simon Rast are at the Institute of Physics, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. e-mail: ernst.meyer@unibas.ch; e-mail: simon.rast@unibas.ch


A new approach to magnetic resonance force microscopy has demonstrated a resolution of 90 nm, and with further improvements it may be possible to determine the chemical compositions of single molecules.

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