An Osaka University research team has demonstrated an “atomic pen” that can inscribe nano-sized text on metal by manipulating individual atoms on the surface. The writing (The letter Si) took about an hour and a half to complete and was done at room temperature. The completed text is roughly 40,000 times smaller than the width of the average human hair.
The ability to incorporate individual atoms into a surface could lead to a variety of advances in atomic scale technology including building computers the size of wristwatches.
related links
‘Atomic pen’ writes with individual atoms
Filed under: Adnan @ 5:45 am , Comments (1)
1 Comment
»
The URI to TrackBack this entry is this. (You can right click and copy the link)
RSS feed for comments on this post.
Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Hi! I have been reading your blog for quite some time now and just wanted to say thanks and keep up the good work. At Perpetuelle.com (an online community for watch owners, collectors & enthusiasts), we are soon to be launching a new (100% free) program for watch bloggers. I would like to tell you more but my emails seem to be getting returned. If you would care to contact me, I would love to provide you with some more details. Thanks and happy watch blogging!
Comment by Kyle S. — October 20, 2008 @ 6:43 am