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JUNE 2023 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 9 and what hiring managers are seeking in new hires. And we have an interview with applica- tion engineer trainee Joseph LaRosa, who dis- cusses what attracted him to this industry and robotics in particular. I hope your summer is going well. Take some time off. You've earned it! PCB007 cover a variety of ways to ensure that you are hiring the best person for the job, as well as how to "sell" your company to recruits. We start with a feature article by Brian Wal- lace, who explains that employers need to engage with new hires well before they join the company. Dr. John W. Mitchell posits that many companies need to basically start over and "fire" their hiring habits. Hannah Nelson shines a light on the wants and needs of the young employees who will, hopefully, be work- ing with you. PCB design student Paul Farqu- har discusses his recent Palomar College class, Andy Shaughnessy is managing editor of Design007 Magazine and co-managing editor for PCB007 Magazine. He has been covering PCB design for 20 years. He can be reached by clicking here. Imagine having a building made of stacks of bricks connected by adaptable bridges. You pull a knob that modifies the bridges and the building changes func- tionality. Wouldn't it be great? A team of researchers led by Professor Aitor Mugarza of the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and ICREA, together with Pro- fessor Diego Peña from the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials of the University of Santiago de Campostela (CiQUS-USC), Dr. Cesar Moreno, formerly a member of ICN2's team and currently a researcher at the University of Can- tabria, and Dr. Aran Garcia-Lekue, from the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and Ikerbasque Foundation, has done something analogous, but at the single-atom scale, with the aim of synthesizing new carbon-based materials with tunable properties. As explained in a paper just published in the Jour- nal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), this research is a significant breakthrough in the pre- cise engineering of atomic-thin materials—called "2D materials" due to their reduced dimensionality. The proposed fabrication technique opens exciting new possibilities for materials science, and, in particular, for application in advanced electronics and future solutions for sustainable energy. The authors of this study synthesized a new nano- porous graphene structure by connecting ultra-narrow graphene strips, known as "nanoribbons," by means of flexible "bridges" made of phenylene moieties. By modifying in a continuous way the architecture and angle of these bridges, the scientists can control the quantum connectivity between the nanoribbon chan- nels and, ultimately, fine-tune the electronic proper- ties of the graphene nanoarchitecture. The potential applications of the approach pro- posed in this study go beyond future electronic devices and computers. In fact, it could also lead to the development of thermoelectric nanomaterials, which can have an important impact in renewable energy generation and waste heat recovery, there- fore addressing another crucial societal challenge. Source: Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS) Engineering Graphene-based Quantum Circuits With Atomic Precision