ABSTRACT
The scanning tunneling microscope, invented and developed in the 1980s in the IBM research laboratory in Rüschlikon, has become the dominent scientific tool in surface science and together with its younger brother the atomic force microscope, is widely used also in many other modern research areas. This account contains very personal anecdotal memories from a colleague who worked in a neighboring lab in Rüschlikon describing some events at the periphery of the development of this ingenious instrument.
Subject(s)
Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling/history , History, 20th Century , Nobel Prize , Surface Properties , SwitzerlandSubject(s)
Microscopy, Atomic Force/history , Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling/history , Computer Simulation , Electric Conductivity , Fibrinogen/chemistry , Fibrinogen/ultrastructure , History, 20th Century , Microscopy, Atomic Force/methods , Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling/methods , Nobel Prize , SolutionsABSTRACT
Literature data on the use of scanning probe microscopy for biological samples studying are presented. As an illustration, some results of the authors' investigations of the shark olfactory receptor surface, human lipoprotein of low density and human erythrocyte are given. Perspectives of the medico-biological development of nanotechnologies are evaluated.
