Fabrication of the wire is 10,000 times smaller than that of the hair

Scientists at the University of New South Wales in Australia today announced the invention of a tiny wire, 10,000 times smaller than a hair, but capable of transmitting no less than one strand of hair. copper wire

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Researchers hope the new wire will make a major turning point in science and technology, particularly in relation to computers in the future.

According to researcher Michelle Simmons, the new ultra-thin wire will provide better transmission and, in particular, will help computer makers to study smaller, more compact form factors. hybrid.

Scientists were able to forge an atomic-size wire in silicon using a technique called tunneling microscope scanning in which they placed the chains of phosphorus atoms in a crystal. silicon body.

The nanowires that scientists make in this way range in size from 1.5 to 11 nanometers.

With this invention, Arizona State University scientist David Ferry called these findings "good for the semiconductor industry."