When a semiconductor is extremely cold, almost all electrons are held tightly by individual atoms.
What does it feel like to have something eat you atom by atom?
There are a few different answers depending upon how we interpret what we mean by largest atom possible.
Efficiently they had gone through the kitchens atom by atom.
A moment later it reassembled her, atom by atom, on the surface of the world David had helped to create.
However, if you followed the blueprint for a human, atom by atom, it would not be sufficient.
"If they got loose they'd start taking the habitat apart, atom by atom."
One day, the team hopes, it will be possible to build tiny circuits atom by atom.
There is also photon emission by de-excited atoms and molecules in the gases.
They would drag it from her atom by atom.