Radio Frequency (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Radio Frequency

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This is an image of a tiny switch called a radio-frequency micro-electromechanical system. The device has a length of about 400 microns, or millionths of a meter, or roughly four times the width of a human hair. The National Nuclear Security Administration will award a $17 million cooperative agreement for a research center at Purdue's Discovery Park to develop advanced simulations to perfect the devices for commercial and defense applications.

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Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Birck Nanotechnology Center

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