The Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland, has shattered its own world record by achieving unprecedented precision in X-ray imaging, capturing a computer chip with a resolution of just four nanometers.
This remarkable feat surpasses their previous record set in 2017, which boasted a resolution of 15 nanometers.
In an official statement, the institute highlighted its collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), and the University of Southern California. Achieving the four-nanometer resolution required the use of ptychography, a sophisticated computational technique that merges numerous individual images to create one high-resolution image.
This groundbreaking advancement in X-ray technology not only underscores the Paul Scherrer Institute’s leading role in the field but also promises significant implications for scientific research and technology development worldwide.
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