From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on
On 25/05/2010 10:54, Martin Brown wrote:
> Not seen mention of this here yet but the first electronic switch
> transistor built by moving atoms around is now just 7 atoms across.
> Makes you wonder how they do the phosphorus doping!
>
> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7759347/Scientists-create-worlds-smallest-electronic-switch.html>
>
>
> You have to love the journalists mention of the single silicone (sic)
> crystal used as the foundation.
>
> A slightly less garbled version is online at UNSW website.
>
> <http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/news/quantum-leap-world-s-smallest-transistor-built-with-just-7-atoms/>
>
>
> Regards,
> Martin Brown

A bit of a pain soldering it to a PCB...

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Dirk

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