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Smallest Wire: One Atom Tall, Four Atoms Wide

LPH

Flight Director
Flight Instructor
The smallest wires ever developed in silicon -- just one atom tall and four atoms wide -- have been shown by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Melbourne University and Purdue University to have the same current-carrying capability as copper wires.

Read more at Science Daily

The quotes from scientists are exciting to read. Just imagine being able to build up a microprocessor - [nanoprocessor?] - in order to get devices smaller and smaller.
 

Robert Heiny

Research Scientist of Learning and Education
Flight Instructor
How can a person see an atom to join it with others to form this wire?
 
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