Tuesday, May 1, 2018

A simple method etches patterns at the atomic scale

05/01/2018 04:55 PM EDT

single layer of silicon atoms (black) bind to the moving silica tip of a scanning probe microscope

A precise, chemical-free method for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers has been developed by a team from Penn State and Southwest Jiaotong University and Tsinghua University in China.


Full story at http://news.psu.edu/story/518679/2018/04/26/simple-method-etches-patterns-atomic-scale

Source
The Pennsylvania State University


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