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"You can't build a transistor with one atom." Actually, you can, it's called a single electron transistor (SET), and is a hot research area right now.
by pushedx 13y ago
"You can't build a transistor with one atom." Actually, you can, it's called a single electron transistor (SET), and is a hot research area right now.
- 2muchcoffeeman 13y agohttp://luciano.stanford.edu/~shimbo/set.html http://luciano.stanford.edu/~shimbo/set.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulomb_blockade#Single_electron_transistor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulomb_blockade#Single_electro... Looking at the pictures, these devices are not made from single atoms. They consist of multiple atoms but only require a few electrons to function.