@article {3246050520080601, title = {Surface physics: Electron wrangling in quantum corrals.}, journal = {Nature Physics}, volume = {4}, year = {2008}, pages = {443 - 444}, abstract = {The article reports on the discovery of image electron waves{\textquoteright} ability to propagate along a metal surface by Don Eigler, Christopher Lutz, and Michael Crommie at IBM Almaden in 1990. Eigler, Lutz, and Crommie noticed unexpectedly long and periodic undulations in the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) conductance signal as a function of tip position. The undulations were recognized as the signature of surface confined electron waves whose de Broglie wavelength is bigger than the lattice.}, keywords = {Christopher, CROMMIE, Don, EIGLER, ELECTRIC waves, LUTZ, METALS {\textendash} Surfaces, Michael, OPTICAL instruments, Quantum Theory}, issn = {17452473}, url = {http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=aph\&AN=32460505\&site=ehost-live\&scope=site}, author = {Eric J. Heller} }