"Three-dimensional nanostructure fabrication by focused-ion-beam chemical vapor deposition" Matsui S, Kaito T, Fujita J, Komuro M, Kanda K, Haruyama Y JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 18 (6): 3181-3184 NOV-DEC 2000
 

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Using highly advanced manufacturing techniques with a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) that can produce three dimensional (3D) objects at the nanometer scale (one nanometer is one-billionth of a meter), researchers built this glass from carbon with an external diameter of only 2,750 nanometers (nm), approximately 20,000 times smaller than a normal sized glass.

The newly developed technique used to construct the wine glass is based on the use of a gallium-focused ion beam with a diameter of 10nm and a computer controlled electro-magnetic deflection system that are able to build the target object in real-time at the nanometer scale in a gas which contains the base material. The combination of the focused gallium ion beam, construction from the base material in gas form, and control based on 3D computer-aided design (CAD) enables accuracy below 100nm.

 

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