Nano-origami

clipped from www.sciencedaily.com Nano-origami Used To Build Tiny Electronic Devices A team of researchers led by George Barbastathis, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is developing the basic principles of "nano-origami," a new technique that allows engineers to fold nanoscale materials into simple 3-D structures. The tiny folded materials could be used as motors and capacitors, potentially leading to better computer memory storage, faster microprocessors and new nanophotonic devices. clipped from www.youtube.com Nano origami clipped from web.mit.edu clipped from web.mit.edu Nanostructured Origami™ Fabrication and Assembly Process Figure 1 Bridging the gap between nanoscale and macroscale. (a) (b) (c) Figure 2 (a) Planar fabrication. (b) Membrane folding. (c) Completed device. FOLDING METHODS Figure 4: Membrane folding via Lorentz force Figure 5: SEM image of 360o fold. Figure 6: Overhead view of curling. COMPLETED DEVICES Figure 7: Gratings of nanoscale feature size integrated into folding device clipped from meche.mit.edu George Barbastathis

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