Cuz silicone parts were made for toys
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Researchers have built the world's smallest transistor - one atom thick and 10 atoms wide - out of a material that could one day replace silicon.
The transistor, essentially an on/off switch, has been made using graphene, a two-dimensional material first discovered only four years ago.
Graphene is a single layer of graphite, which is found in the humble pencil.
The transistor is the key building block of microchips and the basis for almost all electronics.
Graphene has been hailed as a super material because it has many potential applications. It is a flat molecule, with only the thickness of an atom, and both very stable and robust.
The researchers are also looking at its use in display technology - because it is transparent.
Many researchers believe that producing circuits smaller than 10 nanometres in silicon will be too difficult because they start to leak electricity at that size.
That current silicon roadmap is expected to end in 2020, making the race to find alternative materials potentially very lucrative.
The transistor, essentially an on/off switch, has been made using graphene, a two-dimensional material first discovered only four years ago.
Graphene is a single layer of graphite, which is found in the humble pencil.
The transistor is the key building block of microchips and the basis for almost all electronics.
Graphene has been hailed as a super material because it has many potential applications. It is a flat molecule, with only the thickness of an atom, and both very stable and robust.
The researchers are also looking at its use in display technology - because it is transparent.
Many researchers believe that producing circuits smaller than 10 nanometres in silicon will be too difficult because they start to leak electricity at that size.
That current silicon roadmap is expected to end in 2020, making the race to find alternative materials potentially very lucrative.
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VoyagerFilms
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Nice picture Selma - what's the article about by the way.
- 4 years ago
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VoyagerFilms
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jh64487
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Goodnight look at that silicon!!
- 4 years ago
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jh64487
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Argon18
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That's great that they're improving the materials and the tech they can use to make transistors since nanotech has a lot of promise.
From the headline it looks like there is going to be more silicon available for breast implants now that the demand for it in electronics will be less.
I don't know what that image of Salma Hayek is doing there since that picture was taken when she was pregnant not because she has implants. I would think you'd have to talk to François-Henri Pinault about her being anyone elses wife.
- 4 years ago
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Argon18
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joelbet
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i want my wife also as your wife breast.how it be?
- 4 years ago
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joelbet
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byalex
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Very interesting article but must you use a picture of my wife?
- 4 years ago
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byalex
