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Rectification and stability of a single molecular diode with controlled orientation
1 posted on 10/13/2009 9:06:09 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Wow - The level of miniaturization possible with a single-molecule diode is staggering: a transistor is two diodes with a joined contact (NPN or PNP depending on which contacts are joined) & the transistor is the basis for our digital-logic (computing) devices.

I’d imagine that we’d see something as powerful (computing-wise) as the laptop I’m using in something the size of a normal wristwatch... and something with the power of a top-line desktop in one of those old-style calculator/digital-watches.


2 posted on 10/13/2009 9:20:53 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: neverdem

bump


3 posted on 10/13/2009 9:22:15 PM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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To: neverdem

Very cool. This is probably how transistors started out. If this works out we’ll have computers in wristwatches.


5 posted on 10/13/2009 9:29:14 PM PDT by Rio (Don't make me come over there....)
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To: neverdem

That is pretty darned wild.

Tell you one thing, this isn’t a one-or-two-guys-working- in-their-garage project, he said, invoking the larval H-P.


12 posted on 10/13/2009 10:04:15 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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