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MUCH work has been done on damage in solids caused by particulate and non-particulate radiation; however, the subsequent effect on the environment has been neglected. I have demonstrated1–3 that material can be transferred to an emitter whose electrons bombard a solid, and that single atoms and complexes liberated can be detected by the fluctuations they cause in the field emission when they impinge on the emitter. The present work was directed to detecting, recording and identifying these entities; in short, to the design of a single atom spectrometer.
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JACOB, L. The Single Atom Spectrometer and its Application in Chemistry and Biology. Nature 241, 216–217 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241216a0
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