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The Art of Nano-origami

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 3, 2009 – As if the ancient art of origami isn’t difficult enough, now researchers are bending and folding objects that are a hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting them to use as electronic devices.  A team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers led by George Barbastathis, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is developing the basic principles of "nano-origami," a new technique that allows engineers to fold nanoscale materials into simple 3-D structures. The tiny folded materials could be used as motors and capacitors, potentially leading to better...Read full article

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    Published: March 2009
    Glossary
    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...
    x-ray lithography
    A method of projecting integrated circuit patterns on a silicon wafer using x-ray wavelengths focused through a special mask.
    3-D nanoscale capacitorGeorge BarbastathisindustrialMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMEMSTony NicholMITnanonano-fabricationnano-imprintingNano-origaminanoscale materialsNews & Featuresphotonicsx-ray lithographyYang Shao-Horn

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