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During fabrication, of course, the circuit is not an isolated system. The second law doesn't prohibit spending energy in the fabrication machinery in order to move atoms into precisely the desired place. That sort of thing happens all the time, in nature as well as in technology.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have learned how to consistently create hollow, solid and amorphous nanoparticles of nickel phosphide, which has potential uses in the development of solar cells and as catalysts for removing sulfur from fuel.
Thu, Sep 24 | from Nanotechwire.com