The obvious way to continue shrinking chip features would be to use beams of electrons to transfer mask patterns to layers of photoresist. But unlike light, which can shine through a mask and expose ...

MIT has devised a way of creating complex, self-assembling 3D nanostructures of wires and junctions. While self-assembling structures have been made from polymers before, this is the first time that ...

One of the hottest topics in robotics is self-assembly, and any technique that requires no human intervention is of special interest. The technology is also highly desirable for chips. Computing ...