The discussion revolves around the challenges and costs associated with manufacturing layers of materials at the nanometer scale, as well as the potential applications of such structures. Participants explore various materials, techniques, and specific applications in the context of nanotechnology.
Participants express varying levels of understanding and interest in specific materials and applications, with no clear consensus on the overall difficulty or cost of manufacturing at the nanometer scale. Multiple viewpoints on the usefulness and feasibility of such structures remain present.
Participants discuss various materials and techniques without resolving the complexities involved in manufacturing at the nanometer scale. There are references to specific applications and production methods, but limitations in assumptions and definitions are not fully addressed.
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Such materials as metals and metals' oxidesberkeman said:Can you say more about your question? What kind of material? Silicon?
A few nanometres would be something like a dozen atoms thick.DyerMaker said:How hard and costy is it to manufacture a layer of substance a few nanometers wide and how useful such structures would be?
DaveE said:Does Graphene count? It's not a metal, but it conducts electricity and heat as well as metals. There are lots of YouTube videos about making it, like this one:
I have in mind, first of all, such application as MIM diodes.berkeman said:You mean like nanoparticles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoparticle
Well, semiconductors currently have nanometer-size features, and are pretty important (obviously).
Nanoparticles have some interesting applications...
What applications do you have in mind?
What reading have you been doing about MIM diodes? Has there been recent research and development into them since the initial work a few decades ago?DyerMaker said:I have in mind, first of all, such application as MIM diodes.