Electron's 1-D metallic surface state observed

(Osaka University) In the one-dimensional (1-D), various exotic phenomena are predicted that are totally different from those in the 3-D world in which we live. One of the reasons of this is that particles cannot pass each other in 1-D.Researchers in Japan and France artificially created such unique 1-D nano electronic systems on the surface of a solid, and observed the 1-D electronic state by analyzing photo-emitted electrons from the sample, and verified the electronic structure.