Breakthrough: Tiny Fingers that Pinch

by RayRenteria on January 5, 2009

The biggest challenge nanotechnology is the mass-production of nano stuff. One-offs can be made but mass production is required to produce enough to make the technology practical or cheap. In a recent breakthrough, Peter Bøggild and his colleagues from the Technical University of Denmark have created a gripper that could be used in nanoassembly. Previously, such grippers were too weak to be useful.