A "seating chart" for atoms helps locate their positions in materials
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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A "seating chart" for atoms helps locate their positions in materials
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If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light -- which is a thousand times larger than the atom's width -- is comparable to an ocean wave. The light wave can dwarf an atom, missing it entirely as it passes by. . . .
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A "seating chart" for atoms helps locate their positions in materials
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If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light -- which is a thousand times larger than the atom's width -- is comparable to an ocean wave. The light wave can dwarf an atom, missing it entirely as it passes by. . . .