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Physicist Professor Thomas Schimmel and his team at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a single-atom transistor. Basically, it's a current switcher controlled by repositioning of a single atom in the solid state in a gel electrolyte, which also works at room temperature and consumes very little energy.
Source for more info: https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=50895.php
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Zetor
Doesn't look so small to me
WhoToldYouLifeWasFair
Didn't the Japanese already do that?
Toiletseatpolio
Oh yeah? Well how’s Karl Tech’s football team this year? That’s what I thought.
LeftRightThere
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FailedMitosis
Check the source yourself
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No.
dtek
What does "solid state" mean in the context of a single atom?
FailedMitosis
The atom itself can't be in any state. The solid state here means the whole thing which is composed of the electrolyte and the atom.
Godislove1980
Which is one of the reasons why the experiment was done in Germany instead of the United States.
FailedMitosis
Not sure if I'm getting what you mean right?
GregGrildo
Can't be in any state... United States... Dad-level humour
FailedMitosis
Lol, didn't notice that!