Manipulating silicon atoms to create future ultra-fast, ultra-low-power chip technology
February 17, 2017
Imagine a hybrid silicon-molecular computer that uses one thousand times less energy or a cell phone battery that lasts weeks at a time.
University of Alberta scientists, headed by University of Alberta physics professor Robert Wolkow, have taken a major step in that direction by visualizing and geometrically patterning silicon at the atomic level — using an innovative atomic-force microscopy* (AFM) technique. The goal: chip technology that performs… read more