Gerd Binnig (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory)
Christoph Gerber (University of Basel)
Calvin Quate (Stanford University)
for the invention and realization of atomic force microscopy, a breakthrough in measurement technology and nanosculpting that continues to have a transformative impact on nanoscience and technology.
"Seeing is believing, and now we can do that on the atomic scale. AFM has turned into the most powerful and most versatile toolkit that we have for doing nanoscience."