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https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218380120 [pnas.org]
https://liu.se/en/news-item/varldens-forsta-tratransistor [liu.se]

transistors made of wood
what would be the benefit? ample supply of material
fire hazard? termites or actual bugs? size?

Researchers at Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed the world’s first transistor made of wood. Their study, published in the journal PNAS, paves the way for further development of wood-based electronics and control of electronic plants.

We’ve come up with an unprecedented principle. Yes, the wood transistor is slow and bulky, but it does work, and has huge development potential,” says Isak Engquist, senior associate professor at the Laboratory for Organic Electronics

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