RECOLLECTIONS OF MULLER,ERWIN LABORATORY - THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIM (1951-1956)

Authors
MELMED AJ
Citation
Aj. Melmed, RECOLLECTIONS OF MULLER,ERWIN LABORATORY - THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIM (1951-1956), Applied surface science, 94-5, 1996, pp. 17-25
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Chemistry Physical","Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Journal title
Applied surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
01694332
Volume
94-5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
17 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4332(1996)94-5:<17:ROML-T>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The invention of field ion microscopy by Erwin W. Muller, 44 years ago , was followed by a few years during which it came to fruition in his Penn State laboratory, as the first atomic resolution microscopy. Reco llections of those times, the people, the events - including a new loo k at the crucial day - and the thinking in Muller's laboratory are pre sented. along with some retrospective analysis considering the roles o f evolution. chance and field evaporation.