Seeing Atoms & Molecules COSMOS 2008 Wilson Ho University of California, Irvine
50,000,000 x Magnification Stock Metals Silver Atoms
Silicon(111)
The Virtue of Being Single: A Molecular View
50,000,000x Magnification Galileo, 1992 Reines Hall 3,900,000 Miles UC Irvine
Galileo
Apollo 16 – North America
Los Angeles Basin
Newport Beach - Irvine
Home of the Anteaters
Reines Hall - UCI
Tunneling Phenomenon
STM Tip
Tornado: Miami, Texas, May 29, 1994
Quantum Tunneling of Electrons
Tunneling Microscopy
Vacuum Tunneling
Topography
Silicon(111)
Principles of Modern Chemistry, 6th edition, Oxtoby, Gillis, and Campion (Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2007).
Houghton- Mufflin Science, California Edition (2007).
Single H Atom
H Atom on Cu(001)
Random Walk of Single H Atom
Single Atom Tracking
Single H Diffusion
Self-Cleaning Lotus Plant
The Lotus Effect
Rough Surface Smooth Surface
Wilhelm Barthlott Paint & Roof Tiles
Lotusan Paint Regular Paint
STM Apparatus
Scanning Tunneling Microscope
STM in Vacuum
Manipulation Mechanism
Pd 20 Chain
Seeing LUMO of Mg-Porphine (Mukamel) (Ho) “Seeing is Believing” A Still Photo
Gold Chains Under Construction
Gold Chains: 1 to 20 Atoms
2-D Box: Standing Waves