Located within the campus of Trinity College Dublin, CRANN is a Science Foundation Ireland-funded nanoscience institute. Together with University College Cork, CRANN researchers have carried out research to develop materials for expedite novel method of producing silicon chips.
A new series of next generation computers and real time 3D video processing can therefore be achieved. This research is available in Nanoscale publication.
Professor Mick Morris of UCC, in association with University of Wisconsin researchers and Intel’s Researchers in Residence at CRANN developed a more intense approach for bringing together the properties of block copolymers. Block copolymers is effective for several day-to-day materials. It is ideal for materials including rubber shoe-soles and spandex. It includes repeating structural units to form highly regular linear and column-like structures.
The team of researchers led by Professor Morris represented extensive nano-electronic devices for self-assembly of block copolymers. In addition to being the foundation of electronics industry, this finding can be an effective alternative to silicon device production.
As silicon device manufacturing is considered to be expensive, development in this research will enable highly-economic production of devices. Also, small sized-device with excellent functionality and capacity can be produced, without any involvement of sophisticated manufacturing tools. Modern microelectronic fabrication as well as techniques and materials included in research ensure industrial applications like production of next generation devices by Intel.
Source: https://www.tcd.ie/crann/