Copolymers block out new approaches to microelectronics at NIST

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A novel technique for controlling the orientation of nanostructures (red and blue) is to use disordered roughened substrates. Silica nanoparticles (orange) cast onto silicon substrates (grey) create tunable substrates which can control self-assembly ...
A novel technique for controlling the orientation of nanostructures (red and blue) is to use disordered, roughened substrates. Silica nanoparticles (orange), cast onto silicon substrates (grey), create 'tunable' substrates which can control self-assembly, despite inherent disorder. Credit: NIST

In response to the electronics industry’s rallying cry of “smaller and faster,” the next breakthroughs in the electronics size barrier are likely to come from microchips and data storage devices created out of novel materials such as organic molecules and polymers.


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