Microscope can see atoms and measure quantum features of potential building blocks of quantum computers and next-generation solar cells

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/zooming-in-future-microscopy

"using light and electrons to study materials... first microscope of its kind in the U.S.... has synthesized molecules that, with the addition of heat, can build themselves into ribbons with a predetermined shape and size... scanning tunneling microscope, or STM, that brings a very sharp tip or probe extremely close to the specimen being studied without touching it... By recording how the electrons tunnel... microscope builds high-resolution images"

Related: The quantum twisting microscope: A new lens on quantum materials

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-quantum-microscope-lens-materials.html