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<H1>World's first molecular transistor created</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>ScienceDaily</STRONG> reports that a group of
scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single
molecule.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The team, including Mark Reed, the Harold Hodgkinson
Professor of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale, showed that a benzene
molecule attached to gold contacts could behave just like a silicon
transistor.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The researchers were able to manipulate the molecule's
different energy states depending on the voltage they applied to it through the
contacts. By manipulating the energy states, they were able to control the
current passing through the molecule.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read the full ScienceDaily story at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091223133343.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091223133343.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=3>Fonte: <STRONG>George Boorer
ZL3PN</STRONG></FONT></FONT> </FONT></P></BODY></HTML>