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Heat-Resistant 'Nanoglue' Creates Superstrong Bond

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TROY, N.Y., May 16, 2007 -- By taking a nanolayer of a commercially available glue material and sandwiching it between a thin film of copper and silica, researchers have developed an inexpensive method of bonding materials that don't normally stick together and dramatically enhanced the glue's heat resistance. The adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could impact next-generation computer chip manufacturing and a wide assortment of micro- and nanoelectronic devices. The project was led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute materials science and engineering professor Ganapathiraman Ramanath, who...Read full article

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    Published: May 2007
    Glossary
    adhesive
    An intermolecular substance that serves to hold materials together. Two types are used in the optical industry: one, which must be transparent and colorless, to cement lenses together; and a general-purpose adhesive for bonding prisms and other glass parts to their metallic supports.
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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