2007-02-16 03:36:45 · 5 answers · asked by tunachunks199 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
lol larry eyes, kinda asked for it
2007-02-16 03:40:34 · update #1
Scanning-tunneling, and atomic-force microscopes have "seen" individual Xenon atoms, and individual Silicon atoms.
Based on my knowledge, the individual Silicon atom would be the smallest thing.
Anyone out there know of a smaller atom, seen?
EDIT: the IBM logo was the Xenon atoms that I was talking about, but a few years after that, Silicon crystal surfaces were seen.
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2007-02-16 03:43:36 · answer #1 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IBM (I think) has imaged and moved individual atoms around and photographed the resulting "IBM" result.
Patterns representing positions of atoms in mineral specimens have been imaged for many years (it's a process called Powder Diffractagraphy, or something similar to that), but they aren't really images of single atoms.
2007-02-16 03:43:08 · answer #2 · answered by David A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quark in an electron, I hope, unless you've discovered a particle smaller than that on some other planet.
2007-02-16 03:40:46 · answer #3 · answered by Nishaant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To actually see something, you need to be able to see the light it reflects. Tiny subatomic particles are too small to "see" in the conventional sense. But then maybe I'm making a tiny point with that.
2007-02-16 03:45:09 · answer #4 · answered by 👑 Hypocrite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point on the top of your head!
2007-02-16 03:40:06 · answer #5 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋