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Old silicon learns new tricks – EurekAlert
Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology fabricated regular arrays of iron-coated silicon crystals that are atomically smooth. The defect-free…
IMAGE: (a) Wide and (b) magnified images of the fabricated Si pyramids. Four slopes correspond to Si{111} facet surfaces.
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Credit: Ken Hattori
Ikoma, Japan – Ultrasmall integrated circuits have revolutionized mobile phones, home appliances, cars, and other everyday technologies. To further miniaturize electronics and enable advanced functions, circuits must be reliably fabricated in three dimensions. Achieving ultrafine 3D shape control by etching into silicon is difficult because even…
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