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From: nrg0345@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (N Rajagopalan)
Newsgroups: sci.nanotech
Subject: Size of smallest possible drilled holes
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Date: 28 Jun 91 20:51:39 GMT
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	What is the size of the smallest hole that can be drilled
by current day manufacturing methods in metallic foils?
Any manufacturing method is game however esoteric.
Thanks
Rajagopalan

[I would guess that you could get well into the submicron range 
 with an e-beam -- I hope there's someone reading the newsgroup
 who has more precise information!
 --JoSH]