Reported by Machinelikeus, Wednesday (09/05/2012), scientists are now embarking on research to understand how proteins present in the bacteria are able to collect, develop and position their nanomagnets into cells. As reported in the journal Small, researchers are now able to replicate or mimic the behavior of the bacteria out.
The study was led by Sarah Standiland of the School of Physics and Astronomy and collaborated with the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. They hope to develop an approach to create electronic devices that are inexpensive and environmentally friendly future.
"We are rapidly reaching the limits of traditional electronic manufacturing as computer components getting smaller. The machines we use to build electronic devices that are awkward on a small scale. Nature has given us the perfect tool to avoid this problem," said Standiland .
Magnetic arrangement has been created by Johanna Galloway who uses protein to create the perfect nanocrystals in bacteria Magnetospirillum magneticum. The process is similar to the potato-printing, but with a much smaller scale.
At a temperature of 80 degrees centigrade, the crystal size is almost the same as the form of magnetite on the surface covered by protein. The researchers are now working to reduce the size of the islands of Magnets, so as to create a single nano magnet arrangement.
