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K. D. Petersson, L. W. McFaul, M. D. Schroer, M. Jung, J. M. Taylor, A. A. Houck, J. R. Petta: Circuit quantum electrodynamics with a spin qubit, In: Nature, Volume 490, Number 7420, October 18, 2012, Pages 380-383, DOI:10.1038/nature11559: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11559 http://jqi.umd.edu/news/357-bus-service-for-qubits.html
The fabrication of many objects, machines, and devices around us rely on the controlled deformation of metals by industrial processes such as bending, shearing, and stamping. Is this technology transferrable to nanoscale? Can we build similarly complex devices and machines with very small dimensions? Scientists from Aalto University in Finland and the University of Washington in the US have just demonstrated this to be possible. By combining ion processing and nanolithography they have managed to create complex three-dimensional structures at nanoscale.
Khattiya Chalapat, Nikolai Chekurov, Hua Jiang, Jian Li, Babak Parviz, G. S. Paraoanu: Self-Organized Origami Structures via Ion-Induced Plastic Strain, In: Advanced Materials Early View, October 01, 2012, DOI:10.1002/ adma.201202549:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201202549
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tw1AAxcULwQ