Multi-tip scanning tunneling microscopy

Okay, imagine you have a tiny machine that can see things that are too small for your eyes to see. This machine is called a scanning tunneling microscope or STM. It has a small needle-like tip that can move around and get very close to the tiny things you want to look at.

Now, multi-tip scanning tunneling microscopy is like having more than one needle-like tip on your microscope. This can help you see things from different angles and get more detailed pictures of the tiny things you are looking at.

It's like if you were trying to draw a picture of a toy car. If you can only look at it from one angle with your eyes, your picture might not show all the details. But if you could look at it from lots of different angles, you would be able to draw a much more detailed picture that shows all the little parts and shapes.

So multi-tip scanning tunneling microscopy is like having lots of eyes that can look at tiny things from many different angles to get the best possible picture.