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Understanding Nanotechnology

 

 

 

    

 

Shrinking Electronics Components

How can nanotechnology make electronic components smaller and better?

Nanoelectronics involves the use of particles or features such as transistor channels that are incredibly tiny--less than 100 nanometers in size. That's about one thousandth the size of a single human hair or smaller.

Nanoelectronics may offer some interesting possibilities for increasing the capabilities of electronics devices while reducing their size and power consumption. Some of the areas under development, which you can explore in more detail by following the links provided in the next section, include:

  • Improving display screens on electronics devices. This involves reducing power consumption while decreasing the weight and thickness of the screens.
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  • Increasing the density of memory chips. Researchers are developing a type of memory chip with a projected density of one terabyte of memory per square inch or greater.
  • Reducing the size of transistors used in integrated circuits. One researcher believes it may be possible to "put the power of all of today's present computers in the palm of your hand".

Nanoelectronics: Who's Doing What?

Researchers are working in several areas. Here are just some of the nanoelectronics projects in the works today: