Back when I used to play with an STM I used to get quite excited when sixth formers came around, showing them individual atoms appearing in a scan (probably of a Si 7×7 reconstruction). This is probably as close as that to really seeing an atom. Cool stuff.
Single Atom in an Ion Trap
Captured by David Nadlinger, University of Oxford.
Captured by David Nadlinger, University of Oxford. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council photography exhibition
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