describe a phenomenon of quantum mechanics and give a logical explanation of how the phenomenon can be utilized and applied in the real environment.
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Quantum tunneling — the quantum-mechanical effect by which a particle has a finite probability to penetrate and appear on the other side of a potential energy barrier that it could not overcome classically, because the particle behaves as a wave described by a Show more…
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