Colloidal self-organization for nanoelectronics

The major part of the expenses in modern IC manufacturing process is nowadays devoted to the R & D needed to optimize chip size, wafer size, defectivity and interconnects- building up to keep Moore´s law a reality. But the question is: Can circuits with sub-0.1 μm dimensions be fabricated by the extension of current device production technologies? An interdisciplinary ´off the beaten path´ approach is mandatory to overcome future limitations. One such approach is fabrication of devices (or at least parts of devices) by self-organization.