--Posted By johannes to <http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/01/smallest-possible-switch-single-gold.htm>monochrom at 1/23/2009 12:56:00 PM
The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type
never seen before. That's how physicist Marius Trouwborst sums up the
results of his PhD research on electric current through atoms and
molecules. "The ultimate aim of nanotechnology is to use molecules
for electronics," he says. "That aim has now come a step closer."
<http://www.rug.nl/Corporate/nieuws/archief/archief2009/persberichten/002_09>Link
