{"id":1383,"date":"2007-09-11T13:45:20","date_gmt":"2007-09-11T17:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2007-10-04T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2007-10-04T14:23:18","slug":"of-molecules-and-granules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1383","title":{"rendered":"Of Molecules and Granules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Couple of interesting bits<\/em> today. Over on C|Net there’s nanotech-related news. In “IBM prints with molecules” (Link)<\/a> we have a follow-on by what sounds like the same group of scientists to an earlier demonstration<\/a> of a nano-scale “mass production” process. From the article:<\/p>\n

The pattern on the solid substrate then can be exploited in a number of ways, according to Heiko Wolf, researcher in nano-patterning at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. It can be used to mass-produce patterns.
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\nAnother experimental technique for ordering particles is nano imprinting, in which a signet-ring-like mold is pressed into a layer of materials. This technique can produce lines that measure only a few nanometers wide.
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\nControlling the placement of particles is a fundamental building block for nanotechnology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Worth reading the whole article. The self-assembly stuff, in particular, is pretty cool.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, over on the RepRap blog there’s an entry (Link)<\/a> related to a Fab@Home effort (Link)<\/a> to use plastic pellets as they’re most commonly made available: in pellet form. That of course means revisiting some of the early injection molded-style auger solutions… which is what Dr. Bowyer has done\/is doing.<\/p>\n

I’m glad they’re revisiting materials that are more readily available; including, as one commenter noted, being able to “chop up old [plastic] parts and waste material into similarly-sized pieces and recycle them”. This is something in which I’m particularly interested, so I’ll be watching these developments closely.<\/p>\n

{Update:<\/strong> Ars Technica has a write-up (Link)<\/a> on this news and provides a more clear explanation of the process.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Couple of interesting bits today. Over on C|Net there’s nanotech-related news. In “IBM prints with molecules” (Link) we have a follow-on by what sounds like the same group of scientists to an earlier demonstration of a nano-scale “mass production” process. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}