Chemist Wilson Ho has received the American Vacuum Society Medard W. Welch Award for the development and application of atomic-scale inelastic electron tunneling with a scanning tunneling microscope. The Donald Bren Professor of physics & astronomy and his team created a two-story-high microscope that allows researchers to see and interact with individual atoms and molecules 500,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. The prize consists of a $6,500 cash award, a struck gold medal, a certificate, and an honorary lectureship at the 58th AVS International Symposium & Exhibition in Nashville this fall. AVS is a nonprofit organization of 5,000 scientists and engineers that promotes communication, education, recommended practices and the dissemination of knowledge in the application of devices in vacuum and other controlled environments.
UC Irvine News Brief: Wilson Ho wins award for two-story-high tunneling microscope
The Donald Bren Professor of physics & astronomy is honored by the American Vacuum Society.
June 20, 2011
