The welding process employs the physics of plasmonics, which is the interaction of light and metal, to create a lattice of nanowires without the risk of damage induced by heating or pressing the wires into a mesh. Using light allows the welding to automatically stop once the nanowires are fused together, minimizing the risk of damage to the mesh.
The refined technique also causes no damage to the underlying material supporting the mesh, and the precise heating in nanoscale welding enables more control, speed and energy efficiency.
