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Today was a multi-tasking day :) I'll write down more specific things that I did today on tomorrow.
 * Monday, Sep 29**

Yesterday, our SEM was kinda fixed so we were able to see the images a bit. Still, we could not get a very clear image, but it's coming :) Since the image didn't come out for 2 trials, I was so glad to see even incomplete image!
 * Tuesday, Sep 30**

Anyway, today, I first started to working on STM. I thought STM would be big( for some reason), but the one that I will work on was very portable and cute. It was amazing that we just connect that scanning equipment to laptop and we can observe the composition of that specimen's surface. It was a very intricate equipment. STM was quite different from SEM though in the way of working. But when we look at the purpose of using those 2 equipment, we intersect. "Take a closer look at the surface!" Through the JAVA from internet, and simulation I was able to roughly understand how STM works and what it produces. But it's all new to me, so it will take some time for me to get used to the STM. For now, I miss dorable SEM but I like STM too.... :)

I can't believe it's already October!! Time flies! Anyway, to get familiar with STM, I googled STM and tried to look at some stuffs related to STM. Half of the time, I wasn't sure what they were talking about, to be frank with, but I hope I'll get better as I did when I started to use SEM.
 * Wednesday, Oct 1**

It's already second day of October, and it really seems like FALL IS HERE. It got chilly in the morning and the length of sunlight got shortened. Today was brain-fried day (lol) since I had two tests in a row, but I was glad to come to QNet and learn about STM. Today, I played with the simulation on laptop in order to get used to getting the images using the equipment. I adjusted lots of values and observed how the wave thingy changes and the scanned image alters.
 * Thursday, Oct 2**

I actually took some shots (I captured the images) but I could not use the Internet on that laptop, so I cannot upload the pics that I captured over here. But anyway, I'll find the way out and upload it here :).

I mainly played with these below in the simulation.
 * Z- range : the lower value we put, the more detail we could observe./ The wave's frequency should I say? I forgot to describe the wave... It was long time a go that I learned about wave.. Anyway I think it might be the wave length. The lower value you put in for Z-range, you can observe more detailed image and the wave length increased.
 * Scan range : Also, similar to Z-range, the smaller range gave much more detailed image. I think this one was related with frequency (?) ..I'll rearrange this note after I figure out the terms.... The frequency or wave length got shortened.

Ya-hee!! NO SCHOOL!! ** On this precious no-school day, I thought about how STM and SEM are smart equipment! Also people who made those equipment are amazing ! Period.
 * Oct 3, Friday