Pavel Jelínek

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Pavel Jelínek
Known forChemically identified individual atoms using an atomic force microscope and quantum-mechanical computation
Pavel Jelínek giving a lecture in the Center for Quantum Nanoscience.

Pavel Jelínek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavɛl ˈjɛliːnɛk]; born November 17, 1972) is a Czech physicist, member of an international group of scientists (from Japan, Spain and Czech Republic), that for the first time chemically identified individual atoms using an atomic force microscope and quantum-mechanical computation. More specifically, they were able to image surface of an alloy at atomic resolution and successfully identify tin, lead and silicon atoms on this surface.[1]

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  1. ^ Chemical identification of individual surface atoms by atomic force microscopy" Nature, volume 446, number 7131 pp1-108. doi:10.1038/nature05530