The Spin Cycle: Nanoresearch could lead to next generation of transistors
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 18:56
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, the transistors inside radios, televisions and other everyday items have transmitted data by controlling the movement of the electron`s charge. Scientists now have discovered that transistors could use less energy, generate less heat and operate at higher speeds if they exploited another property of the electron: its spin.