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Branched Nanotubes Offer Smaller Transistors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-a-good-size dept.

Designadrug writes "Tiny tubes of carbon, crafted into the shape of a Y, could revolutionize the computer industry, suggests new research. The work has shown that Y-shaped carbon nanotubes are easily made and act as remarkably efficient electronic transistors - but the nanotransistors are just a few hundred millionths of a meter in size -roughly 100 times smaller than the components used in today's microprocessors."

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  1. Re:Old News by fbjon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, and electricity has been flowing in complex formations in the atmosphere for a million years. It hasn't been useful until recently though.

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