Pico Technology

TEAM system, the U.S. Department of Energy profile
This summer, German physicist using a specially designed super-resolution electron microscope to measure the distance of only a few Pico, which they may open a new era of micro technology. Pico is the length of the unit, 1 Pico一万亿分之一the equivalent of 1 meter, sometimes in atomic physics known as the rice slightly. In recent years, from-the-art technologies microtechnology (1 micron is equivalent to one millionth of 1 m) to nanotechnology (a nanometer equivalent to 1 billionth of a meter) transition, but we may now be entering into technology Paper (picotech) of the times. In the United States Department of Energy TEAM (transmission electron microscope to correct the aberrations in the form of an acronym) system is expected to be operational in 2009. TEAM early version allows scientists to detect a single carbon atom.
美国能源部TEAM系统剖面图
　　今年夏天，德国物理学家利用一种特制的超清晰度电子显微镜去测量只有数皮米的距离，他们可能由此开启了一个微观科技的新时代。皮米是长度单位，1皮米相当于1米的一万亿分之一，有时在原子物理学中称为微微米。近年来，尖端科技已从微技术(1微米相当于1米的百万分之一)向纳米技术(1纳米相当于1米的十亿分之一)过渡，但我们现在可能进入到皮技术(picotech)时代。在美国，能源部TEAM(透射电子像差矫正显微镜的缩写形式)系统有望在2009年投入运行。TEAM的早期版本可以让科学家探测单个碳原子。