Gold nanoparticle chains show promise as light conductors
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 08:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Today's computers are faster and smaller than ever before. The latest generation of transistors will have structural features with dimensions of only 10 nanometers. If computers are to become even faster and at the same time more energy efficient at these minuscule scales, they will probably need to process information using light particles instead of electrons. This is referred to as "optical computing".