Monday, December 04, 2006

Several months ago IBM Company presented a new method of processing the substrates with the help of atomic force microscope (AFM). In the present method the microscope is used as a device, which rules and controls the process of a lithographic treatment on the molecular level. The traditional controlling method with deep ionic implantation resembles so called 'reconnaissance' of the surface. This method isn't only for the lithography. But also it may be used for another nano devices, such as devices for decoding DNA to instruments for the simple blood tests. Improved control and increased speed of the processing will enable to separate the biological molecules in many medical tasks. This atomic microscope, which is a real Microscopy Expert was invented by the Nobel Prize Winners Gerd Binning and Heinrich Rohrer who worked in the laboratories in Zurich, Germany.