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Folding Nanosheets To Build Components

Posted by timothy on from the mmmm-microscopic dept.

Nakeot writes "In the continuing efforts to build faster and smaller components, a group of researchers at MIT have constructed a basic prototype device that folds materials only hundreds of microns across. Mechanical engineer and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering George Barbastathis leads the charge into 'nano-origami' machines involving, the article reads, 'a new technique that allows engineers to fold nanoscale materials into simple 3-D structures' (more details available on MIT's page). The group had worked in 2005 with MIT Associate Professor Yang Shao-Horn to build a single-fold nano-capacitor (PDF, or see Google's HTML version), and this work appears to automate their 2005 process. A comment on the posted video appears to suggests this device is not completely automated yet, however. (This should not be confused with Paul Rothemund's slightly-more-ahead DNA-origami technology.)"

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  1. A whole new art form! by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nano-origami!

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    1. Re:A whole new art form! by nobodylocalhost · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, but can it run folding@home?

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  2. Oh great by malkir · · Score: 2, Funny

    A technology that will HAVE to be outsourced to Asia...

    1. Re:Oh great by Slorv · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, otherwise the company would fold.

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  3. ah by thermian · · Score: 2, Funny

    But can they fold them more than seven times?

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