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Self-assembling 3D Nanostructures

Posted by Hemos on from the constructing-our-future-atom-by-atom dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Chips holding 10 terabits of data? Copper as strong as steel? Ceramics tough enough to be used in car engines? All this will be true in five years, thanks to two new methods to create self-assembling 3D nanostructures. These methods used pulsed laser deposition to create layers of nanodots organized in a matrix. These arrays of nanodots are consistent in shape and size -- 7 nanometers with nickel for example. But the real beauty of these methods is that they can be applied to almost any material, like nickel for data storage or aluminum oxide for ceramics. These methods also reduce drastically imperfections, leading to future superstrong materials. Read more here for other details and an image of a single nickel nanocrystal, or nanodot."

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  1. Mithril blades by Space+cowboy · · Score: 5, Funny


    So that's it then - the elves had nanotech. It all makes sense now. Looks like steel, feels like steel, but cuts like sinclair molecule chain :-)

    I do remember the UK Science minister at the time (Lord Sainsbury, I think it was) who said "Nanotechnology is going to be really BIG". He didn't quite get it, did he... Oh well, science is anathema to most politicians in the UK :-(

    Simon

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  2. But how does it kill people? by MacFury · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess you could make stronger bullets...How else could it be used to kill people? I'd like to see this technology get funded.

  3. Pffft by frankthechicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to have self assembling lego/mechano structures, thanks to my father's need to 'help' me whenever I got a new set.

  4. Re:Spam by Tim+C · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The OP means that this guy gets a number of stories posted every week, all containing links to (amongst other things) his blog.

    That's rubbing a fair few people here up the wrong way, and personally I'm not surprised. Slashdot gets so many submissions from so many people, that to have so many accepted by the same person seems a little odd, especially given he always promotes his own site in them. Starts to feel like advertising...

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  5. Re:Spam by GileadGreene · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Trust me, it's been going on for way more than the last week. Somehow Piquepaille has managed to average 1 story every 2-3 days for the past 6 months or more. I don't know how he does it. Kickbacks to the /. editors maybe?