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Monday, December 7, 2009

Phoristor


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Phoristor: The portmanteau of phosphorus and transistor. (1) Suggested name for a new, novel transistor based on one atom of phosphorus in silicon. A breakthrough. (2) From (1): any transistor based on a single atom embedded in another elemental matrix.


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FOM: Single-atom transistor discovered








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