Customized Y-Shaped Nanotubes Can Compute
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Uploaded by rexagraham on Dec 1, 2006
Researchers at UC San Diego and Clemson University have discovered that specially synthesized carbon nanotube structures exhibit electronic properties that are improved over conventional transistors used in computers. In a paper published* in the September issue of Nature Materials and released online on August 14, UCSD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professors Prabhakar Bandaru and Sungho Jin, graduate student Chiara Daraio, and Clemson physicist Apparao M. Rao reported that Y-shaped nanotubes behave as electronic switches similar to conventional MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) transistors, the workhorses of modern microprocessors, digital memory, and application-specific integrated circuits.
"This is the first time that a transistor-like structure has been fabricated using a branched carbon nanotube," said Bandaru. "This discovery represents a new way of thinking about nano-electronic devices, and I think people interested in creating functionality at the nanoscale will be inspired to explore the ramifications of these Y-junction elements in greater detail."
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Just realised when this was published.. i guess it was bs
wihlke 3 months ago
Yeah, it should've been all over the medias if this was true. I still hope it is though.
wihlke 3 months ago
Isn't this discovery huge? How come I haven't heard about this in the mainstream media. Didn't Hendrik Schon claim he accomplished something similar but was in fact forged research? I really hope this is legitimate. This would revolutionize computing capabilities and manufacturing immensely.
barnabiofskies 1 year ago
10101110001101101011011010010!!!!!
dmix09 2 years ago
How much smaller was this transistor-like structure compared to a current 45nm size transistor?
BurtWilson1 3 years ago
nice i always like to see nano stuff
xantochroi 4 years ago 2
Wow, spiderman coments aside, this has some pretty inpressive implacations.
Keylimedelight 4 years ago
are they ever going to make gloves which could make you crawl walls like spiderman but i am making a web shooter
alexalex1993 4 years ago