Analysis Tool for Possible New Wave of Nanotech

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A revolutionary tool created at the University of Sheffield (UK) has enabled researchers to analyze nanometer-sized devices without destroying them for the first time, opening the door to a new wave of technologies. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus – developed by the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy – will allow for further developments and new applications for nanotechnology which is increasingly used in harvesting solar energy, computing, communication developments and also in the medical field. Scientists can now analyze nanostructures at an unprecedented level of detail without destroying the materials in the process, a limitation researchers across the world faced before the Sheffield experts’ breakthrough. The results open a new way of nano-engineering, a full characterization of a new material and new semiconductor nano-device without destroying them meaning more research and development and device fabrication processes. Development of the new techniques and all experimental work was carried out by Dr. Evgeny Chekhovich under Dr. Alexander Tartakovskii.

 August 26, 2012, University of Sheffield