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Seeing single spins

Combining the imaging power of magnetic resonance and the sensitivity of atomic force microscopy has created a hybrid technique that can resolve single spins beneath the surface of a sample.

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Figure 1: Magnetic resonance force microscopy.

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Hammel, P. Seeing single spins. Nature 430, 300–301 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/430300a

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