Wednesday, 4 June 2014

How to create nanowires only three atoms wide with an electron beam

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How to create nanowires only three atoms wide with an electron beam
Nashville TN (SPX) Apr 30, 2014 - Junhao Lin, a Vanderbilt University Ph.D. student and visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has found a way to use a finely focused beam of electrons to create some of the smallest wires ever made. The flexible metallic wires are only three atoms wide: One thousandth the width of the microscopic wires used to connect the transistors in today's integrated circuits. Lin ... more


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