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John S. Foster
Researcher at IBM
Publications - 72
Citations - 1637
John S. Foster is an academic researcher from IBM. The author has contributed to research in topics: Particle & Scanning tunneling microscope. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 72 publications receiving 1635 citations.
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Contrast mechanism for resolving organic molecules with tunnelling microscopy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the ability of the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) to image a large class of organic molecular adsorbates with almost atomic resolution.
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Molecular manipulation using a tunnelling microscope
TL;DR: The accomplishment of the smallest yet, purposeful, spatially localized changes in matter, effected on a graphite surface is reported, believing that the changes result from the pinning of individual organic molecules to the graphite.
Patent
Removable/disposable apparatus for mems particle sorting device
Jamie H. Bishop,David M. Erlach,Ian S. Foster,John S. Foster,John C. Harley,Douglas L. Thompson +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a micromechanical particle sorting system uses a removable/disposable apparatus which may include a compressible device, a filter apparatus and a cell sorter chip assembly.
Patent
Slider with transverse ridge sections supporting air-bearing pads and disk drive incorporating the slider
TL;DR: In this paper, a transducer carrier with a low-flying air-bearing slider that is also able to be in contact and near contact with the lubricant film on the disk is presented.
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Disk file with liquid film head-disk interface
TL;DR: In this paper, a disk file with substantially reduced head-disk spacing and corresponding improvement in recording performance using a disk coated with a film of conventional high viscosity lubricant, a lubricant reservoir for replenishing the lubricant on the disk over the life of the file, and a transducer carrier with feet which ski on the high-viscosity liquid film is described.