Israelis Create smallest Bible using nanotechnology
Israelis left the previous record of the smallest Bible far behind, when they successfully packed 308,428 words onto just 0.5mm square of silicon covered with 20 nanometer layer of gold. The previous one, recorded in 'The Guinness Book of World Records', is said to be 50 times bigger than this one.
The project, which was aimed at increasing interest, on the part of youth, in nanoscience and nanotechnology, was directed by Ohad Zohar at Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology. In his own words he explains the method as:
When we send the particle beam toward a point on the surface, the gold atoms bounce off of this point, thus exposing the silicon layer underneath. The diameter of the exposed point is about 40 nanometers. When we look at the written example using a scanning electron microscope, the exposed silicon point looks darker than the gold surrounding it. By sending a particle beam towards various points on the substrate, we can etch any pattern of points, especially one that represents text.
Now researchers are putting efforts to photograph the nano-Bible using the SEM. Doing so, will enlarge the photo by 10,000 times to display it on a giant wall in the Technion's Faculty of Physics. This will make it available for reading with naked eyes on 7m x 7m poster.
Via: Telegraph
