Re: [ATM] re: no to beeswax!

["matt" <mariusrf@bellsouth.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Galogaza <vladimir.galogaza@zg.htnet.hr>
To: Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@canit.se>
Cc: ATM List <atm@atmlist.net>
Date: Saturday, November 20, 2004 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] re: no to beeswax!


>Dominic,
>
>>does anyone actually want these pics
>
>I do but if you are in doubt we can organize polls.
>
>> and are they really worth anything?
>
>>From what I have seen, even the best mirrors will look like
>Rocky Mountains under AFM. Similarly phase contrast (Lyot)
>Foucaltgrams show very fine surface defects but are not as useful
>in detecting overall figure.
>What is important in visible light reflection and scattering is
>very likely outside of the AFM domain. But I may be wrong.
>I have seen once an electron microscope study (by ATM-er)
>of glass surfaces ground with various grit sizes. The difference was
>visible but it was always rocky. Sub Angstrom resolution will be very
> interesting but "would it be worth" is well grounded question from
Dominic.
>Few images made and posted by ATM-er will be helpful to get the
>first hand feeling for it.
>
>>AFMs are common nowadays
>
>Lucky you where this is the case.
>
>Regards
>Vladimir.
>

I don't know if this is the case with AFM but a related device, the Scanning
Tunneling Microscope was successfully developed by home builders :
http://www.e-basteln.de/index_r.htm

best regards,
matt tudor

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