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Opening the gate for molecular electronics

by Phillip Broadwith, RSC last modified 12-23-09 08:07 AM Copyright 2009, RSC
Opening the gate for molecular electronics

The benzenedithiol molecule is trapped between the broken ends of a gold nanowire © Nature

Chemists in Korea and the US have shown that the current running through a transistor made of a single molecule can be regulated by tweaking its molecular orbital energies. This observation brings molecular electronics closer to behaving like conventional silicon-based devices.  More...

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/December/23120902.asp

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