Printing With Enzymes

Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at Duke University have developed a new printing technique using catalysts to create microdevices such as labs-on-a-chip. Their inkless printing technique uses enzymes from E. coli bacteria and has an accuracy of less than 2 nanometers. While they're are now using enzymes to stamp nanopatterns without ink, the research team is already working with non-enzymatic catalysts. And it added that 'future versions of the inkless technique could be used to build complex nanoscale devices with unprecedented precision.'"

Comments

E coli

[heritage727]

enzymes from E. coli bacteria

What implications does this have for the "my dog ate my homework" excuse?

C'mon now...

[Sta7ic]

Real Strogg printers use stroylent, not these watered-down human enzymes. [Quake4]

And the cost is...

[mc moss]

I bet a cartridge of enzymes would still be cheaper than ink that printer companies sell us.