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University-developed product makes its debut at NASA

A NanoManipulator System developed at the University by a collaboration between the departments of computer science and physics has been installed at NASA Langley Research Center. It will be used to employ nanotechnology in developing tools for nondestructive evaluation.

The NanoManipulator provides interactive, precise, real-time control of a scanning probe microscope (SPM). Using the NanoManipulator, a scientist can take control of an SPM's probe, move it to precisely the desired location of a sample, and then interactively manipulate atomic-size structures.

The system has been in development and testing for several years at Carolina and is now available commercially.

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