Nanotechnology team creates Oilers logo so small 900 million fit on top of puck
EDMONTON — While many hockey fans go big with their pride come playoff time, researchers at the University of Alberta have gone small — really, really small.
Nanotechnology experts at the school have created what they say is the smallest Edmonton Oilers logo in the world at 2.4 microns in diameter.
That’s smaller than the width of a human hair and so teeny that 900 million of the logos can fit on the top of a puck.
The logo was created as part of a test of a new nanomaterial, called hydrogen silsesquioxane, and a new algorithm that allows for the creation of denser patterns.