Thursday, January 03, 2008

When Nano-Wires Explode

Fanny Beron from the École Polytechnique de Montréal used an electron scanning micrograph to record the explosion that happened when a CoFeB magnetic array was overloaded. The chaotic blasts are a "reminder that nanoscale research can have unpredicted consequences at a high level."

1 comment:

cybrbeast said...

Wow, those look like miniature nuclear explosions.