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Since 1992, Jens E. T. Andersen has been using
the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to investigate electrochemical
phenomena, the so-called in situ STM. Another name
for the same technique is scanning electrochemical microscopy.
The year before, Dieter
Kolb and Richard
Nichols had discovered that in situ STM was possible,
that is to say that one could image surfaces at atomic resolution
while the surface was submerged in a liquid, for example an
electrolyte such as water. Since 1995, he has used in situ
STM to image proteins. He has organized three conferences
on this technique at the Danish
Technical University in Copenhagen in 1994, 1996, and
2000.
We have an interview
with Jens E. T. Andersen in which he describes his career
and in particular the importance of in situ Scanning
Tunneling Microscopy.
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