S. Brooks McLane (died January 13, 2000) was the electronic technician in the Field Emission Laboratory at Penn State who, with
Gerald Fowler and
J. A. Panitz was responsible for developing the
Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope. An electronics specialist who received an M.S. degree from the Texas School of Arts and Industries, he was Assistant Professor of Physics at
Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan†...
in 1957 and co-authored several scientific papers including "Field Absorption and desorption of helium and neon" that appeared in ''Surface Science'' in 1969. Between 1964 and 1986 he co-wrote 8 separate articles in his field that appeared in the American Institute of Physics' ''Review of Scientific Instruments''.
S. Brooks McLane (author credits list)
''Review of Scientific Instruments''
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American scientific instrument makers
2000 deaths
Pennsylvania State University staff