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IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 Tim Stevens	Technologies Of The Year -- IBM Corp.'s Nanotechnology For Semiconductor Processing Polymer molecules that self-assemble will enable smaller, more powerful semiconductor devices for the future. The technology promises significantly reduced feature size, higher component density, improved performance and lower voltage requirements for microelectronic devices.
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Chris A. Mack	Seeing Double Someday, chips might be made with X-rays. Until then, double-patterning lithography will be the only game in town.
Technology Research News July 13, 2005	Self-Assembly Goes Around Bends Researchers have found a way a way to make polymer chains automatically assemble in non-regular patterns, including sharp angles. The method could eventually be used to build precise features as small as ten nanometers.
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IEEE Spectrum January 2012 Katie M. Palmer	EUV Faces Its Most Critical Test 2012 will be the make-or-break year for extreme ultraviolet lithography
InternetNews February 21, 2006 Clint Boulton	IBM Chip Path to Cheat Moore's Law? In the search for new chip form factors to carry the torch that is Moore's Law, IBM researchers this week said they have found a way to build smaller chip circuits.
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IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Sarah Adee	Winner: The Ultimate Dielectric Is...Nothing IBM packs wires in vacuum to speed chips and save power.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Rachel Courtland	Alternative Memories Get the Carbon Nanotube Test RRAM and phase-change memory - two alternatives to flash - have been constructed using carbon nanotube electrodes.
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IEEE Spectrum June 2008 Saswato R. Das	Tabletop EUV Light Source South Korean research team demonstrates an economical way to generate EUV light using femtosecond laser pulses.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Brian Santo	Plans for Next-Gen Chips Imperiled Dim lights are casting shadows on extreme-ultraviolet lithography's debut date. Wisely, chip makers and their equipment suppliers are exploring alternatives, particularly those processes that will let them extend today's lithographic technology.
Technology Research News July 28, 2004 Eric Smalley	Electric fields assemble devices Several research teams are working to bring the concept of self assembly to larger scales.
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Technology Research News December 17, 2003 Eric Smalley	Microfluidics make flat screens A new method for making big, cheap flat screen displays is a bit like making muffins. Pour liquid polymer into microfluidic channels aligned above an array of electrodes, let cure, and you have organic thin film transistors.
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Adam Aston	The Coming Chip Revolution Facing the limits of silicon, scientists are turning to carbon nanotubes. But even with a reliable supply of tubes, scaling up production to supply a vast global industry will take years.
Technology Research News December 3, 2003 Kimberly Patch	DNA assembles nanotube transistor Scientists have caused a transistor to self-assemble from a test tube concoction of DNA, proteins, antibodies, carbon nanotubes and minuscule specks of silver and gold. The feat shows that it is possible to assemble the smallest of machines and electronic devices by harnessing DNA's properties.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Saswato R. Das	A New Light Source for EUV Lithography Extreme ultraviolet laser offers a new route to next-gen chips.
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Technology Research News October 22, 2003	Single electrons perform logic The ultimate in transistors, which turn on and off in response to a flow of electricity, is a device that can be tripped by a single electron. Researchers from Hokkaido University have put together an AND logic circuit made from four single-electron tunneling transistors.
Technology Research News August 27, 2003	Tool sketches quantum circuits Researchers from Cambridge University in England and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a lithographic technique, dubbed erasable electrostatic lithography, that allows a quantum device to be drawn in a few hours rather than a couple of weeks.
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Technology Research News January 12, 2005 Kimberly Patch	DNA Scheme Builds Computers Researchers have devised a pair of computer architectures that would be built from self-assembling DNA.
Technology Research News April 6, 2005	Interference Scheme Sharpens Focus Researchers have found a way to improve the resolution of lithographic systems that could extend the lifetime of the manufacturing technique. Their proof-of-principal experiments show that the technique improves resolution by three times.
Chemistry World November 28, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Shocking osmotic route to nanopores The new method, which uses osmosis to drive a minor component from a material, should make nanoporous materials easier to manufacture for applications such as filtration.
Technology Research News January 28, 2004	Protein orders semiconductor bits Researchers working to make structures at the size-scale of molecules are tapping self-assembly techniques found in nature. Researchers have found a way to construct fairly complicated nanostructures by combining a genetically engineered form of the protein cohesin with quantum dots.
Chemistry World June 5, 2013 Jennifer Newton	What happens when I poke it? Eric Furst is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. His lab investigates the physics and chemistry underlying the behavior of colloidal, polymeric, biomolecular, and other "soft" materials.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Data stored in live cells Every type of storage media -- from stone to paper to magnetic disks -- is subject to destruction. Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are tapping forces of nature to store information more permanently.
IEEE Spectrum January 2010 Anne-marie Corley	Loser: Dim Prospects for NanoUV's Bright Light NanoUV's unproven light source won't shine in the next-gen lithography market
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Burt Helm	Horst Stormer And The Next Tiny Thing Scientists are working to harness molecules' natural ability to bond and assemble - and organize into high-performance, nano-size transistors and sophisticated circuits that will make today's computer chips seem like simpletons.