The nanometer-sized tip, which creates patterns and structures on a microscopic scale, is 100,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil point and can be heated to 1,000 degrees Celsius. <\/p>\n
IBM claims that the same technique could be used to prototype a new generation of technologies, from energy-efficient transistors to nano-sized security tags to prevent document forgery. <\/p>\n
With our novel technique we can achieve very a high resolution at 10 nanometers at greatly reduced cost and complexity,\" said Dr. Armin Knoll, a physicist and inventor at IBM Research. <\/p>\n
\"Now its up to the imagination of scientists and engineers to apply this technique to real-world challenges. <\/p>\n
IBM has licensed the technology to a startup based in Switzerland called SwissLitho, which is bringing it to market under the name NanoFrazor. <\/p>\n
Several weeks ago, the firm shipped its first NanoFrazor to McGill Universitys Nanotools Microfab in Canada. To celebrate the tools arrival, the university created a nano-sized map of Canada measuring 30 micrometers (0.030 millimeters) wide. <\/p>\n
IBM hopes to begin exploring the use of this technology to prototype transistor designs made of graphene-like materials by the end of the year. <\/p>\n
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