Ngabe abantu bake bacabanga ngokujulile ukuthi kungani ama-nanowires amancane esiliva eshintshe insimu yamadivaysi kagesi? Amandla amakhulu wesicelo se-nanowires yesiliva yisona sizathu esiyinhloko sokukhathazeka kwayo, futhi abantu banethemba elikhulu ngamathemba esicelo sakho esizayo. Izinga lokugoba ama-nanowires esiliva liletha izinkomba ezintsha zososayensi.
Ngokuya ngocwaningo lwe KA KA, kukhonjiswa ukuthi ukuhlelwa okusha kwama-nanowires esiliva kubenza babe nokuqina. Lezi zi-nanowires zesiliva zakha ifilimu ebonakalayo eqondile esetshenziswa kumaseli elanga, inzwa yezinzwa nezingcingo zeselula ezizayo. Uma i-nanotechnology isetshenziswa kumadivayisi we-elekthronikhi, ukuhlolwa okunzima kwezinto ezithile ezincane kuyadingeka ukuqinisekisa ukutholakala komkhiqizo. Akekho owayelindele ukuthi ama-nanowires esiliva anamandla amakhulu njengezixhumi ezixhunyiwe, futhi angasetshenziswa kuma-grid aguquguqukayo, asobala, kanye nakwizikrini zokuthinta noma kumaseli elanga.
Ukuzama kuka KA KA bekungukuthuthukisa ama-chip wezentengiso abizayo. Ososayensi bangasebenzisa i-TEM ukuthola ama-nanoparticles futhi batadishe ama-nanowires esiliva ngamanye ngemininingwane. Lokhu kuvumela i-TEM ukuklama nokwakha amasampula ama-chips asampula abonisa futhi asebenzise ama-nanomatadium ngokulungiswa kwendawo okungenakuqhathaniswa. Kodwa-ke, ama-chip okuthengiswayo aqukethe amafilimu amancane kakhulu ukusekela ama-nanoparticles. Ithimba labacwaningi le-KAUST lenze ubuchwepheshe obusha ngokungeza ama-nanowires esiliva kusuka ku-TEM chip emisiwe kuma-elekthronikhi e-platinamu, yandisa amandla amaza amade kuze kube yilapho i-nanowires yesiliva ihluleka ngenxa yokushisa kwamanje. Ekugcineni, abacwaningi bathole ukuthi ama-nanowires wesiliva aqondile endaweni ethile ephezulu yamanje azobangela amakhefu kumaphuzu anqunywe yiphutha lesakhiwo sendawo.
Iqembu lokucwaninga le-KAUST lalinokuvivinya kanye nolunye uhlobo lokuhlola. Lapho ama-nanowires esiliva eqala ukugoba, izindlela zokuziphatha ezijabulisayo zenzeka. I-chip eyisampula igobile ngaphansi kwengcindezi ephezulu ngaphandle kokuphuka, futhi ikhombisa into ephulukisayo. Isizathu ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwekhabhoni ngaphandle kocingo kuhlanganiswe ndawonye. Ukusetshenziswa kwemishini ye-elekthronikhi kuzophindwa futhi kugojwe kaninginingi ngumsebenzisi wokugcina, okusho ukuthi akunangqondo ukuthi kubhekwe ukusetshenziswa kwama-nanowires esiliva esakhiweni somugqa oqondile.
Njengomsebenzi ofanele wemishini eguquguqukayo, egoqwe futhi egobekile, ama-nanowires esiliva anethuba elingajwayelekile lokusebenzisa. Ukusetshenziswa kwama-nanowires esiliva ukwenza ngcono ama-chip abizayo ezentengiso kuzothuthukisa ukusebenza futhi kunciphise izindleko zokukhiqiza ngaphandle kwezindinganiso ezidela. Ngokuthuthukiswa kwesayensi nobuchwepheshe, amathemba wohlelo lokusebenza acatshangelwe ngama-nanowires esiliva azovela eduze kwabantu.