Lead Atoms Imaged During Phase Change

fsh writes "José Gómez-Rodríguez and company from the Madrid Autonomous University have successfully imaged the phase change of a lead crystal from 45K to 135K. They built their very own variable temperature scanning-tunneling microscope, capable of continuously scanning an area 20nm square throughout a 100K temperature jump. This was a surface phase change, but their technique will hopefully pave the way for imaging other phase changes, like solid to liquid. Check out the movie."

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Re:friggin awesome!

[kereira]

Because science is fun! :D who wouldn't want to witness this? :3 One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind...