Carbon nanotubes pinned down at last

Posted on May 30, 2006
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Whew! I was getting nervous about those carbon nanotubes running loose and all. Seriously, despite the repeated warnings that we have reached the end of traditional semiconductor manufacturing (quantum physics gets in the way), it appears that we may indeed be reaching some limitations with regard to the requirements that non-traditional computing devices have and traditional semiconductor limitations in meeting them. This nanotech stuff is very cool.

It’s too bad that Jurvetson has abandoned his blog, I’d enjoy reading his big brain insights on this stuff.

New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Carbon nanotubes pinned down at last: The method uses a specially constructed molecule that attaches one end to a carbon nanotube and the other end to a strip of metal oxide that has been placed on piece of silicon. The nanotubes are just a few nanometres in diameter, and knowing exactly where a tube is means researchers can use it to make a transistor.

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