![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508033349im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Self-assembling Polymer Arrays Improve Data Storage Potential
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August 14, 2008
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The ability to shrink devices by using the same types of lithographic materials, tools and strategies is reaching technical limits. A new technique, reported in the August 15 issue of Science, involves novel self-assembling block copolymers, demonstrating a patterning technology that may revolutionize the field. The new technique offers performance improvements over existing methods, while reducing the time and cost of manufacturing.
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Source University of Chicago
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