Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new lithography method that is providing an affordable and easier method to current state-of-the-art nanofabrication manufacturing technology.
The team created nanoscale robots, known as nanorobots or nanomotors, which swim over the surface of light-sensitive material to produce complex surface pattern to form sensors and electronic components on nanoscale devices. This new technique combines controlled movement with distinctive light-focusing or light-blocking features of the nanorobots that could provide a framework to developed autonomous writing of nanopatterns at a reduced cost compared to today’s e-beam writers.
