Straight Line of the Day: Scientists Have Created the World’s Thinnest Man-Made Object. Second Thinnest Is…

Straight Line of the Day: Scientists have created the world’s thinnest man-made object. Second thinnest Is…

The World’s Thinnest Technology―Only Two Atoms Thick
Phys.org | June 30, 2021 | Tel-Aviv University

According to the researchers, the new technology proposes a way for storing electric information in the thinnest unit known to science, in one of the most stable and inert materials in nature.

The allowed quantum-mechanical electron tunneling through the atomically thin film may boost the information reading process much beyond current technologies.

“Our research stems from curiosity about the behavior of atoms and electrons in solid materials, which has generated many of the technologies supporting our modern way of life,” says Dr. Shalom.

“We (and many other scientists) try to understand, predict, and even control the fascinating properties of these particles as they condense into an ordered structure that we call a crystal. At the heart of the computer, for example, lies a tiny crystalline device designed to switch between two states indicating different responses—’yes’ or ‘no,” ‘up’ or ‘down’ etc. Without this dichotomy, it is not possible to encode and process information. The practical challenge is to find a mechanism that would enable switching in a small, fast, and inexpensive device.”

25 Comments

  1. … Raquel’s outfit at Walrus’s last interns’ meeting. I wish cameras were allowed!

    … Your old American History textbook, after the woke get through excising the objectionable parts.

    … Raquel has no objectionable parts.

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