September 20, 2013

BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN NANOWIRES



He isn't just occupied crafting ultra-thin gold and iridium wires: Tijs Mocking, researcher at the University of Twente's MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, manages to bridge the 'gap' between two gold nanowires, each just a few atoms high, with a single molecule. This bridge can serve to detect new physical effects or may act as a switch. Tijs Mocking obtained his PhD degree on 19 September.