World's first light-activated, molecule-sized switch gets turned on

In the pursuit of ever-shrinking circuitry for nanotechnology electronics, increasingly smaller devices and components are being developed. Now researchers at the University of Konstanz and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) claim to have micro-miniaturized the humble electrical switch all the way down to molecule size and proven its operation for the very first time. Unable to flick such a tiny switch mechanically, however, the researchers instead used light to turn it on. .. Continue Reading World's first light-activated, molecule-sized switch gets turned on

Section: Electronics

Tags: Circuit, Electronic, Molecules, Nanotechnology, Nanowires, University of Groningen, University of Konstanz

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