{"id":59411,"date":"2023-10-01T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T06:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/?post_type=kb_magazin&#038;p=59411"},"modified":"2023-09-01T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:23:56","slug":"picture-of-the-month-miniscule-copper-chestnut-animals","status":"publish","type":"kb_magazin","link":"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/m-post\/picture-of-the-month-miniscule-copper-chestnut-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture of the Month: Miniscule copper chestnut animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry\">A walk on a golden autumn day can be a lasting delight. For when cold rain drums against the windows on a grey day, the chestnuts collected during the walk and a few toothpicks can be used to make caterpillars, deer and co. Maximilian Vergin from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/iht\">Institute of Semiconductor Technology<\/a> at the TU Braunschweig had neither chestnuts nor toothpicks at hand. But he did have the know-how to produce microscopic nanowires from metal, complete with jewellery-like tips. What chance has concocted into nano chestnut animals is now our picture of the month for the fall.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59397\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/m-post\/picture-of-the-month-miniscule-copper-chestnut-animals\/bild2_1500-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59397\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59397\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59397\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bild2_1500-850x567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becoming chestnut animals by accident: Nanowires with contacting surfaces at the tip. Image credit: Maximilian Vergin\/TU Braunschweig<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What is so reminiscent of autumnal tinkering is a relevant technology for component integration for the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/qvls.de\/en\/\">Quantum Valley Lower Saxony<\/a>. The wires are about 100 times thinner than a human hair and function as tiny power cables connecting different semiconductor components in a very small space. What looks like chestnuts or large gemstones, depending on their shape, helps to explore the fundamental electrical properties of the nanowires for applications: The thick knobs enable easier contacting with measuring needles in the scanning electron microscope.<\/p>\n<h3>Connecting role in quantum computer construction<\/h3>\n<p>Connecting role in quantum computer construction<br \/>\nThe wires are used, for example, in <a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/\/?s=led&amp;post_type%5B0%5D=kb_notizblog&amp;post_type%5B1%5D=kb_presseinformation&amp;post_type%5B2%5D=kb_magazin\">micro-LED technology<\/a>. While the controls of the LEDs are realized in silicon, the LEDs are naturally made of gallium nitride. Here, the nanowires can form the literal bridge between the semiconductor worlds and thus ultimately enable more LEDs on one chip. Nanowires play a similarly connecting role in <a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/dossiers\/quantum-valley-lower-saxony-quantum-computing\/\">quantum computer construction<\/a> in Quantum Valley Lower Saxony: Here, the task is to connect the tiny ion traps \u2013 the heart of the supercomputer \u2013 with more macroscopic electronics. The nanowires help to bridge the gap between the different size scales.<\/p>\n<div id=\"new-royalslider-504\" class=\"royalSlider new-royalslider-504 rsDefaultInv rsContentSlider\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px;;\" data-rs-options='{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;image_generation&quot;:{&quot;imageWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;thumbImageWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;thumbImageHeight&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;thumbs&quot;:{&quot;thumbWidth&quot;:96,&quot;thumbHeight&quot;:72},&quot;video&quot;:[],&quot;block&quot;:{&quot;moveOffset&quot;:20,&quot;speed&quot;:400,&quot;delay&quot;:200},&quot;width&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:500,&quot;autoHeight&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;imageScaleMode&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;imageAlignCenter&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;controlNavigation&quot;:&quot;tabs&quot;,&quot;globalCaptionInside&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;keyboardNavEnabled&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fadeinLoadedSlide&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}'>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bild3_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Only an electron microscope can see the wires, which are 100 times thinner than a human hair. Picture credits: Maximilian Vergin\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bild1_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>For the characterization of the nanowires, the merging of the structures is irrelevant. For this purpose, the researchers average the measured values over the number of connected nanowires per structure. Picture credits: Maximilian Vergin\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bild4_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>With their flat underside, the contacting surfaces give another autumnal association: mushrooms. Picture credits: Maximilian Vergin\/TU Braunschweig<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A walk on a golden autumn day can be a &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":59397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-59411","kb_magazin","type-kb_magazin","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kb_reihe-picture-of-the-month","kb_dossier-focus-on-research-quantumfrontiers","kb_dossier-quantum-valley-lower-saxony-quantum-computing","kb_cat_magazin-research","kb_tags-electrical-engineering","kb_tags-materials","kb_tags-metrology","kb_tags-nanotechnology","kb_tags-physics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Picture of the Month: Miniscule copper chestnut animals - TU Braunschweig | Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A walk on a golden autumn day can be a lasting delight. 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