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Program seeks ability to assemble atom-sized pieces into practical products
by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 31, 2015


"The ability to assemble atomic-scale pieces into practical components and products is the key to unlocking the full potential of micromachines," said John Main, DARPA program manager.

DARPA recently launched its Atoms to Product (A2P) program, with the goal of developing technologies and processes to assemble nanometer-scale pieces-whose dimensions are near the size of atoms-into systems, components, or materials that are at least millimeter-scale in size.

At the heart of that goal was a frustrating reality: Many common materials, when fabricated at nanometer-scale, exhibit unique and attractive "atomic-scale" behaviors including quantized current-voltage behavior, dramatically lower melting points and significantly higher specific heats-but they tend to lose these potentially beneficial traits when they are manufactured at larger "product-scale" dimensions, typically on the order of a few centimeters, for integration into devices and systems.

DARPA recently selected 10 performers to tackle this challenge: Zyvex Labs, Richardson, Texas; SRI, Menlo Park, California; Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; HRL Laboratories, Malibu, California; PARC, Palo Alto, California; Embody, Norfolk, Virginia; Voxtel, Beaverton, Oregon; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

"The ability to assemble atomic-scale pieces into practical components and products is the key to unlocking the full potential of micromachines," said John Main, DARPA program manager.

"The DARPA Atoms to Product Program aims to bring the benefits of microelectronic-style miniaturization to systems and products that combine mechanical, electrical, and chemical processes."

The program calls for closing the assembly gap in two steps: From atoms to microns and from microns to millimeters. Performers are tasked with addressing one or both of these steps and have been assigned to one of three working groups, each with a distinct focus area.

To view summary descriptions of each performer's planned work within the three working groups click here.


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