Oak Ridge National Labs is holding a workshop on atom by atom fabrication on November 1-2, 2018 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. I am very excited!  Here is why you should be too.

A few short years ago, there were a few groups (very few) that took Atomically Precise Manufacturing (APM) seriously. A few stalwart souls knew the promise of APM and worked diligently in that direction. However, the vast majority of the rest of the scientific/technical community, if they even knew about efforts to develop APM, were just not interested.

But then some interesting things started to happen. They may or may not have influenced each other, but they amount to a small but significant grounds well.

• Sandia National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and NIST all now have substantial efforts in atomic scale engineering of materials.
• In April Zyvex Labs, Sandia National Laboratory, and NIST organized a workshop sponsored by the NSF, the AVS, and Scienta Omicron on developing 2D quantum meta-materials with the atomic precision placement of dopants in silicon.
• The DOE now has programs that are directly and explicitly funding 6 APM projects.
• Quantum Computing is hot! The Australian Govt Pledges $83M to Michelle Simmon’s research and initiates the foundation of a company to manufacture single donor Qubits.
• Quantum Materials are hot! The DOE has solicited proposals for quantum foundries research in developing new quantum systems with an emphasis on atomic precision.
• DARPA has funded a project to develop quantum analog simulation with a solid state device made with atomic precision placement of dopants.
• This year the MRS, AVS, and EIPBN (3-Beams) all have sessions devoted to atomically precise fabrication.

The ORNL workshop is part of an effort to build a community around atomically precise fabrication leading to atomically precise manufacturing. I believe that this is just the beginning of a powerful technological shift that will yield spectacular results. Look for more to come.

The registration for the workshop is available HERE.

Download the Workshop Flyer.