The ability to see single atoms is a game-changing thing in material research.

"Using scanning tunneling microscopy, researchers at Drexel University and UCLA are providing the first atom-scale look at the surface of 2D MXene materials. The findings will help to tailor the unique materials for specific applications. Credit: Drexel University" (ScitechDaily, MXenes Decoded: First Atomic-Level View Unlocks Endless Possibilities)

The future is in 2D materials. Those 2D materials- or single-atom materials layers can cover regular materials. The 2D materials can also used to create multi-layer structures. There could be nano-diamonds or DNA springs that keep those structures separated. 

The graphene nanostructures are the tools that can operate as the layer for nano-scale micro-electronics. The manufacturing system can assemble atom-size components on graphene layers. However, the system must have the ability to see atom-size objects and find atom-size errors from graphene layers. 

In some models, electrons or some other subatomic particles will be anchored to the graphene layer. Graphene-layer transmits energy to those structures. The stylus is similar to scanning tunneling microscopes observing the changes in those particle's energy levels. When those particles send wave movement. The system can observe echoes from the other layer. And that can make it possible to create quantum radars or scanners that can scan larger areas. 

The ability to manipulate a system requires that the manipulator knows the entire system. The ability to see a single atom makes it possible to create new molecules and new entireties. That can change everything we know in material research. The scanning tunneling microscope is the tool. That can see atoms, and the nano-stylus can be used to manipulate atoms and their energy levels. 

Scanning tunneling microscopes can freeze atoms into certain positions. And that can help to make the next-generation quantum computers and quantum materials. 

Scanning tunneling microscopes can move atoms on layers. The system can involve multiple styluses that hover atoms or some subatomic particles on layers. That allows the system can see large-scale objects. 

The scanning tunneling microscope that hovers electrons or some even photons near atoms can scan subatomic entireties from the subatomic structures. In some wild visions. The scanning tunneling microscope could use trapped photons for scanning the internal structures of atoms and molecules. 

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