Two-edged sword

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How perfect copy of any painting invented Russian physicists. Now even the Mona Lisa may be reproduced in millions of copies that can not be distinguished from the original.

To achieve this will help develop employees Physics Institute. PN Academy of Sciences (FIAN), the new technology of direct laser transfer of material with visible light. The appliance can be controlled by computer.

"We developed the technology transfer of a substance, such as oil paints using a copper vapor laser operating in the intensifier image. With the help of such technology can be transferred not only the individual elements, but also several fragments of images," - said the head of Team LPI Alexander Nasibov.

With the new technology can not only copy but also to create new paintings. Moreover, artists can write without a brush - just on the computer screen, and then move the artwork onto canvas with newly-device.

But it is not just about painting, explained Alexander Nasibov. 'An important advantage of the laser direct writing an opportunity to transfer to a query object of various substances, including solid and that it is impossible when using conventional printers. It is a basic and fundamental difference' - he said.

This same feature provides more important for technology opportunities, rather than copying paintings. After all, in place of oil paints can be thin films of organic compounds, semiconductor structures, explained the researchers. Therefore, new technology can be successfully used in the electronics industry - for the manufacture of passive components for ICs and organic light-emitting diodes, organic displays, as well as for lithography, printing labels, including the metal.