Electrons seem heavier in extremely thin silicon

Friday, April 1, 2011 - 08:01 in Physics & Chemistry

For years now, transistors have been getting smaller and smaller. Research conducted by Jan-Laurens van der Steen of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at University of Twente, The Netherlands, has shown that electrons in silicon which is less than ten nanometres thick take on unusual characteristics.

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