From: Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 17:53:11 MST
NEW NANO CAPACITY
As conventional transistors shrink in size, they lose their ability
to amplify signals, and thus their very status as transistors. Now
researchers have taken advantage of a proposed quantum effect to
construct a Y-shaped, nano electronic circuit that boosts signals
spontaneously. The unique device, described in the 25 November print
issue of PRL, is one of just a few known designs that might lead to
circuits of atomic proportions.
(S. Reitzenstein et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 226804.
Link to the paper: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v89/e226804
COMPLETE Focus story at http://focus.aps.org/story/v10/st23)
Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
Nanotechnology Industries
http://www.nanoindustries.com
Personal: http://www.nanogirl.com
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nanogirl@halcyon.com
"Nanotechnology: Solutions for the future."
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