Innovation Anthology #243:
Wave goodbye to silicon chips.
Thanks to advances in nanotechnology, the chips that power computers and other electronic devices may one day be made from cellulose or trees.
But manufacturing these tiny electronic circuits at the nano or atomic scale depends on optics or new ways of dealing with light.
That’s what Dr. Martin Moskovits talked about at the recent conference on Nanotechnology and Forest Products. Dr. Moskovits is the chief technology officer with API Nanotronics in New York.
DR. MARTIN MOSKOVITS: These integrated circuits are created through a form of lithography. If you want to put more and more transistors in the same space you need to make finer and finer features. And for that you need to use light of shorter and shorter wavelengths. And so, we went from red light to blue light to violet light, and now we’re into the ultraviolet domain.
Dr. Martin Moskovits specializes in the development of polarizers and optical retarders that shape and control light for the nano fabrication of circuits.
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Alberta Ingenuity
Established in 2000, the Alberta Ingenuity Fund supports science and engineering research of the highest calibre, to create a prosperous future for the province of Alberta. It draws funding from a $1 billion endowment established in 2000 and managed by the Government of Alberta to build the capacity for innovation, especially in areas with long lasting social and economic impact.
Among its many programs, Alberta Ingenuity supports graduate students and university researchers, industrial research and commercialization partnerships, and has established several Centres and Institutes.
In January 2010, under the new Alberta Innovation Framework, Alberta Ingenuity was restructured and absorbed in the new agency Alberta Innovates Technology Solutions.
Program Date: 2009-07-21