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The booms and busts of molecular electronics.
- Source :
- IEEE Spectrum; Oct2015, Vol. 52 Issue 10, p52-60, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Forty years ago, a New York University graduate student named Arieh Aviram opened his Ph.D. dissertation with a bold suggestion: "Taking a clue from nature, [which] utilizes molecules for the carrying out of many physical phenomena, it may be possible to miniaturize electronic components down to molecular size." What Aviram was proposing was revolutionary: leapfrogging the ongoing miniaturization trend of Moore's Law by substituting single organic molecules for silicon transistors and diodes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- MOLECULAR electronics
TRANSISTOR design & construction
ORGANIC conductors
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00189235
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Spectrum
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 109994282
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7274196