DOE held a roundtable discussion this week with seven women scientists to address the lack of diversity in the science labor market. A whole new technology awaits exploration with the discovery of a technique for trapping single atoms. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Nanocrystals Technology in Briarcliff, N.Y., have collaborated to cage single europium atoms in nanocrystals not much larger than the atoms themselves. The process enables them to study the properties of a single atom at room temperature using conventional microscopy techniques. This is far more practical than methods that require cooling the atoms to cryogenic temperatures or trapping atoms in the gas phase using ion trap mass spectrometers.
Potential applications lie in computing, optical sensing and display systems.
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