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Nano Switch Hints At Future Chips

Researchers have built the world's smallest transistor - one atom thick and 10 atoms wide - out of a material that could one day replace silicon

By Darren Waters

The transistor, essentially an on/off switch, has been made using graphene, a two-dimensional material first discovered only four years ago.

Posted: 2008-04-17

For more information: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7352464.stm