Handcrafted nanoart
Beams of light used to “draw” three-dimensional nanostructures could give scientists more flexibility in creating tiny sensors and electronic components. The new technique, called Optically Directed Assembly, uses a low-power laser to form long filaments from dissolved gold and carbon particles only millionths of a millimeter in size.
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