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Progress Toward Single Molecule Transistors

Posted by michael on from the these-have-smaller-still-to-bite-'em dept.

Fungii writes "There is an amazing story over at sciencedaily.com saying two research teams have managed to create single molecule transistors, looks like we don't have to worry about limitations on feature sizes for a while."

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  1. And You Thought... by Myriad · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Hand soldering SMT's was a bitch!

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    1. Re:And You Thought... by PacoTaco · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now someone will need to invent the "soldering ion."

  2. The bad news: by RyanFenton · · Score: 5, Funny

    The molecules involved in making the transistors, metal vanadium, are individually the size of golf balls.

    ;^)

    Ryan Fenton

  3. Bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone knows bigger is better.. What is with this obsession with making everything small?

  4. Re:This has already been done. by wildsurf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Further, Tour and his group have synthesized molecular transistors (he calls them "Moleisters") about a year and a half ago.

    "Moleisters"?? What awful nomenclature, sounds scandalous. How about switching it around, call them "Transeculars." Hmm, that's not much better... But hey, it's all good, whatever helps them sustain an electron.

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