Berkeley researchers from NSF SINAM find way to make smaller chips
Researchers at UC Berkeley have announced a radical new way to make computer chips — using nanotechnology. They say they can make microchips 10 times smaller at 1/10 the cost. Keywords: Plamonic Nano Lithography Berkeley Xiang Zhang David Bogy Liang Pan Xlab CML Computer Chip Technology nanomanufacturing SINAM NSEC NSF abc news
IBM Takes Next Step Towards Building Molecular Device
Science magazine recently published a report on a nanoscience breakthrough by scientists of IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratory in collaboation with colleagues at the University of Regensburg, Germany and the University of Utrecht, Netherlands. The scientists were the first to measure directly the charge state of individual gold and silver atoms using an atomic force microscope (AFM). Measuring the minute differences in force exerted by these differently charged atoms with a sensitivity of a single electron-charge, they were able to distinguish between neutral, negatively or positively charged atoms. In fact, the measurement accuracy was better than 1 piconewton–which is equal to the gravitational force that two adults exert on each other over a distance of more than half a kilometer. This achievement presents a milestone in nanoscale science and opens up new possibilities in the exploration of structures and devices at the ultimate atomic and molecular limits-of, for example, computing elements that could be vastly smaller, faster and more energy-efficient than today’s processors and memory devices. It also holds potential to impact areas such as photovoltaics or catalysis.
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A nanofactory is a proposed system in which nanomachines (resembling molecular assemblers, or industrial robot arms) would combine molecules to build larger atomically precise parts. These, in turn, would be assembled by positioning mechanisms of assorted sizes to build macroscopic (visible) but still atomically-precise products. A functioning nanofactory could create virtually any product at the cost of only the input raw material and energy.
Nanomanufacturing
Nanomanufacturing
Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) promises to usher in the next Industrial Revolution with a new, radically precise, less expensive, and more flexible way of making products. Like steam engines, electricity, and transistors, nanomanufacturing is poised to completely impact business and industry worldwide. Yet every aspect of nanoscale science and the commercial production of nanotechnology will depend on the capacity of these tools to measure, sense, manipulate, and fabricate matter at the molecula
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Nanomanufacturing (Productive Nano Systems)
Nanomanufacturing (Productive Nano Systems)
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Nanomanufacturing: introduction
This course, taught by Prof. John Hart (www.umich.edu/~ajohnh), will be offered at the University of Michigan during Winter 2010. Nanomanufacturing presents how to make and assemble nanostructures—particularly nanotubes, nanowires, and nanoparticles—into devices and materials ranging from transistors to films, fibers, and structural composites. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique properties of these building blocks, and how properties scale from the individual elements to bulk material architectures. Scalability is governed by the physical interactions among the structures, and the ability to manipulate and order nanostructures using chemical, mechanical, and electrical means. Our goal is to design new materials and devices using nanostructures, along with elegant and efficient manufacturing processes that that can realize the promise of nanotechnology at commercially-feasible scales. The course culminates in a team project that proposes a novel device or manufacturing process that uses nanostructures, such as a new architecture for a photovoltaic cell or battery electrode, or a self-assembly or printing process. Lecture notes will be posted in the “Teaching” section at www.mechanosynthesis.com.
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This course, taught by Prof. John Hart (www.umich.edu/~ajohnh), will be offered at the University of Michigan during Winter 2010. Nanomanufacturing presents how to make and assemble nanostructures—particularly nanotubes, nanowires, and nanoparticles—into devices and materials ranging from transistors to films, fibers, and structural composites. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique properties of these building blocks, and how properties scale from the individual elements to bulk material architectures. Scalability is governed by the physical interactions among the structures, and the ability to manipulate and order nanostructures using chemical, mechanical, and electrical means. Our goal is to design new materials and devices using nanostructures, along with elegant and efficient manufacturing processes that that can realize the promise of nanotechnology at commercially-feasible scales. The course culminates in a team project that proposes a novel device or manufacturing process that uses nanostructures, such as a new architecture for a photovoltaic cell or battery electrode, or a self-assembly or printing process. Lecture notes will be posted in the “Teaching” section at www.mechanosynthesis.com.
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