In Canada, created the smallest snowman

Scientists, although they are very busy people, but they are not stranger to craving for celebration and celebration of various events. True, here, sometimes this "fun" is extremely specific. For example, a group of scientists from the Laboratory of Nanoproduction of the Western University in Ontario created the world's smallest snowman. But just so you can not see it: for this you need an electron microscope, since the growth of a snowman is only 3 microns.

Despite the name "snowman", this microscopic figure is made entirely from snow. It is based on 3 quartz spheres with a diameter of 0.9 microns each, which are made and fastened together by electron beam lithography. The eyes and the smiling mouth of the "snowman" were carved with the help of a focused beam of ions, and platinum, which was also applied with an ion beam, was used to make the hands and nose.

The smallest snowman in the world

It should be said that this figure of a snowman was created not only for fun, but also for working out new nanotechnology technologies that are planned to be used in the future. I also want to note that the previous record belonged to scientists from the UK. Their snowman was "molded" in 2009 and stood at a height of 0.01 millimeter, compared to 0.003 millimeters from a baby from Canada.

The article is based on materials https://hi-news.ru/technology/v-kanade-sozdali-samogo-malenkogo-snegovika.html.