I don't know in this particular case, but in the late 80s, IBM figured out how to move individual atoms (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_(atoms) https://e

I don't know in this particular case, but in the late 80s, IBM figured out how to move individual atoms (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_(atoms) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_(atoms)).