Gerd Binnig also invented an atomic force microscope, true or false?
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True. Gerd Binnig, along with Heinrich Rohrer, invented the scanning tunneling microscope in 1981, for which they were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. However, Binnig did not invent the atomic force microscope. That was invented by Binnig and Christoph Gerber in 1986 while working at IBM Zurich.
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Which of these is written work by Gerd Binnig?
The scanning tunneling microscope operates primarily in what condition?
Binnig was part of which organization during the STM development?
Gerd Binnig won the Nobel Prize for Physics in which age group?
The scanning tunneling microscope is crucial for studying which aspect of materials?
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