Researchers report finer lines for microchips: Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells

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The tool -- called a nanoruler -- used to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods. Credit: Raif Heilmann MIT
The tool -- called a nanoruler -- used to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods. Credit: Raif Heilmann, MIT
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MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods.


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