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Molecule-Sized Transistors

posted by janrinok on Thursday July 23 2015, @02:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the beat-that,-Moore's-law dept.

fleg writes:

Scientists have created a transistor made up of a single molecule. Surrounded by just 12 atoms, it is likely to be the smallest possible size for a transistor – and the hard limit for Moore's law.

The transistor is made of a single molecule of phthalocyanine surrounded by ring of 12 positively charged indium atoms placed on an indium arsenide crystal, as revealed in the scientific journal Nature Physics.

The work proves that precise control of atoms to create a transistor smaller than any other quantum system available is possible and opens the door to further research into harnessing these tiny transistors for computers and systems with orders of magnitude more processing power than today's machines.

From The Guardian

The original article from Nature

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Bot on Thursday July 23 2015, @04:34PM

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday July 23 2015, @04:34PM (#212753) Journal

    The overly optimistic article missed an important development: the phthalocyanine molecule is reportedly saying to the 12 surrounding atoms:
    “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by fritsd on Thursday July 23 2015, @05:26PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Thursday July 23 2015, @05:26PM (#212769) Journal

    To which the dodgy 1/12th of the D_{4h}-symmetric superposition of 12 Indium atom wavefunctions responded: "Greetings, Rabbi!", and kissed him (Mat. 26:49)

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:06PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:06PM (#212877) Journal

      responded: "Greetings, Rabbi!", and kissed him

      ... and didn't in the same time.
      Until "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe" (John 20:25) and everything collapsed.

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