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2016 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience Awarded to Gerd Binnig, Christoph Gerber, Calvin Quate for Invention of AFM

Gerd Binning, Christoph Gerber and Calvin Quate have been awarded the 2016 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for the invention of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM).

Congratulations!

Magnetic image (phase shift) of an experimental hard disk measured with a NANOSENSORS SSS-MFMR AFM probe

Magnetic image (phase shift) of an experimental hard disk with varied bit length (courtesy of Maxtor) measured with a NANOSENSORS SSS-MFMR AFM probe