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Focused Ion Beams

Liquid-metal sources, their conical shape generated by electrostatic fields, produce charged atoms that can cut away and rebuild circuits on a microscopic scale

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 265 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Focused Ion Beams” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 265 No. 4 (), p. 96
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1091-96