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From Ultrafast Atomic Force Microscopy to the Holographic Assembler

Mervyn Miles (University of Bristol)

Atomic force microscopy is a major tool of nanotechnology for both characterisation and also potentially the fabrication of nanostructures.  However, a major limitation has been the time needed to capture one image or create a nanostructure.  Through new ideas in instrument design, we have broken this speed limit and increased the imaging rate by nearly a million times.  In another recent development, the dream of nanotechnology to assemble and manipulate structures at the nanoscale is being realised through the use of nanotools controlled by the dynamic holographic assembler.

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