Molybdenite As an Alternative To Silicon

An anonymous reader writes "Molybdenite (MoS2) can be used to make transistors that consume 100,000 times less energy in standby state. This mineral, which is abundant in nature, is often used as an element in steel alloys or as an additive in lubricants. Research carried out in Switzerland at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne's Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures (LANES) has revealed that is a very effective semiconductor. Molybdenite's 1.8 electron-volt gap is ideal for transistors and gives it an advantage over graphene (which does not have a gap)."

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Re:Make better computers, kill more plants

[macraig]

I am pretty sure the plants inside of the middle of a mountain are not going to mind.

You made fun of him for being overly simplistic (he wasn't, just poorly documented), but then you turned around and committed the same crime of ignorance. Remind me to pass on watching your TED talk.

Re:reduction in subthreshold leakage current

[NEDHead]

That would be the gap between those who read /. to be cool, and those who actually understand some of what is discussed