Swarm Intelligence-Inspired Spontaneous Fabrication of Optimal Interconnect at the Micro/Nanoscale.

Su, Meng; Huang, Zhandong; Huang, Yong; Chen, Shuoran; Qian, Xin; Li, Wenbo; Li, Yifan; Pei, Weihua et al. · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A spontaneous process is demonstrated to assemble nanoparticles into an optimal interconnect, as natural systems spontaneously figure out the shortest path. The optimal interconnect leads to a 65.9% decrease in electromagnetic interference, a 17.1% decrease in delay, and a 24.5% decrease in energy-delay. It will be of great significance for interconnect fabrication of versatile electronic circuits.