US EditionPhysicists create ‘the world’s smallest violin’ using nanotechnology
- Physicists at Loughborough University created a 35-micron platinum violin smaller than a human hair using nanotechnology.
- The project began as a test to demonstrate the university's new nanolithography system capabilities and was refined over several months.
- The system enables precise design and observation of material responses using light, magnetism, or electricity to support fundamental science.
- Professor Kelly Morrison explained that much of the knowledge gained during the project has been foundational for the new research efforts they are currently pursuing.
- The violin project informs ongoing research aiming to develop technologies to improve computing efficiency and discover new energy harvesting methods.
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There's a Huge Problem With Nanoscientists' "World's Smallest Violin"
A team of nanoscientists in the UK say they've created the "world's smallest violin," which many public figures could probably use this week. Narrower than the width of a human hair, it boasts equal parts meme and engineering potential, and serves as a cheeky proof of concept for a cutting-edge approach to designing structures at the smallest scales that humans can possibly tinker at. But if you were hoping for some literal fiddling on a dust-sp…
A British team manages to produce a microscopic piece that illustrates the potential of nanolithography to revolutionize computing and energy efficiency
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Scientists build world’s ‘smallest violin’ inside a human hair
The violin is made of platinum and measures just 35 microns long and 13 microns wide.
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