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Description image of initials "IBM", spelled out using xenon atoms on a nickel substrate, demonstrating the capacity of a scanning tunneling microscope to manipulate matter at the level of individual atoms.
Author or
copyright owner
IBM Almaden Research Center
Source (WP:NFCC#4) https://web.archive.org/web/20210510184405/https://foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_4.html
Date of publication ca. 1990
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) IBM (atoms)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this work. The image may not be used to illustrate any other related articles, including articles on the company, or the processes and elements involved in the creation of the object
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this is the actual subject of the article, and a facsimile cannot be used in replacement of it for the article on the object itself
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The image is the result of highly notable research. this is an actual object, analogous to a printed set of letters on paper, which is the subject of the article.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
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small file size, low resolution does not interfere with the commercial or other interests of the copyright holder
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of IBM (atoms)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_in_atoms.giftrue

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