A Small Christmas Card welcomed amidst much Fanfare

Now this is the benefit you enjoy as fruits of   fast paced technology. Your festive greetings could well be    adapted   according to latest tech savvy   offerings. And  Nano  Technology    is one such entrant that has got the entire world  amazed at  its engineering marvel.

  Nano   Technology experts have not limited the science only to engineering functional systems on a molecular scale  but rather have taken it to a great extent on  seeing the celebration side of festivities.

Nano   technology scientist at Scotland University   have left no stones unturned   for unveiling the   Christmas   card  featuring the Christmas Tree  on a tiny piece of glass. Which measures just   200 micro meters     wide   by 290 micro meters   tall. So here is Science and Technological development bringing in more   cheer   and excitement    during  Christmas. Which means if you   have forgotten  to send anyone a card this year, you can always tell them you sent them one of these and they must have lost it. To put that into some sort of perspective, a micro-metre  is a millionth of a metre  the width of a human hair is about 100 micro-metres.  So here  is what the people  of England especially in Glasgow  got  to witness a thorough  scientific Christmas  treat. The World's Smallest Christmas Card   is so small that more than 8,000 of them could fit on a first-class stamp. The Christmas Card is so   small   that it   is invisible to the   naked eye. As much as 8276   such   miniature cards could well fit in to a postage stamp.

The team from the University of Glasgow say they etched the Christmas tree image and the message 'Season's Greetings' onto a tiny piece of glass.The colours were then produced by plasmon resonance in a patterned aluminium film made in the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre. David Cumming  the brain behind the miniature Christmas Card  wanted to prove to the world the accuracy of nano technology and hence had decided to create such  a small card. The process to manufacture the card only took 30 minutes. It was very straightforward to produce as the process is highly repeatable - the design of the card took far longer than the production. If you happen to take a look at the card you would be left to wonder  if at all the card truly existed or was it an illusion. The electronics industry is taking advantage of micro and nano-fabrication technology by using it in bio-technology sensing, optical filtering and light control components.   These applications are critical in the future development of the digital economy and the emerging healthcare technology markets.   This technology could eventually find its way into cameras, television and computer screens to reduce the manufacturing cost. 

Further Professor Cumming  added that probably half a million such small cards could well fit in to a   standard A5 Christmas  card but to prove that was a next challenge in the nano sphere.

The  smallest Christmas card measured 200 micro meters wide by 290 micro meters tall  was set by University of Glasgow at  Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on December 25,2010.