Printed from: PhysLink.com; https://www.physlink.com/news/Index.cfm?ID=283 Original publication date: Thursday August 18, 2005. Researchers Carve with Electricity at the Nanometer Scale
With EPL, the researchers can both see and manipulate their target at the same time, all without the constraints of the vacuum chamber required by similar processes. With such tight control, the researchers hope the relatively inexpensive procedure will have applications for crafting single DNA detection devices such as nanopores, nanoscale interconnects in biological and semiconducting devices, molecular sieves for protein sorting and nanojets for fuel or drug delivery. Mechanical engineer Ajay Malshe of the University of Arkansas, his students Kumar Virwani and Devesh Deshpande, and co-investigator Kamalakar Rajurkar of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln will present the new innovation at the International Institution for Production Engineering Research General Assembly in Antalya, Turkey, Aug. 21-27. News Story Origin and Copyright: NSF : http://www.nsf.gov/ Original news release: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104304&org=NSF&from=news For more physics & astronomy stories like this one, go to: physlink.com |