Molecular Computing: just a thought

[sash1]

I doubt this would ever occur in real life, but I was just thinking about this, and it's kind of interesting and fun.

What would happen, if the [carbon monoxide] molecules in the circuit got cold enough that they were to change state [into a liquid]?

If this were to ever happen, what would occur?

Just something interesting that I got curious about

Thanks,

~Aunix

 

[Geniere]

Co2 in circuitry? Please elaborate.

Thanks

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: Geniere
Co2 in circuitry? Please elaborate.

Thanks

I said carbon monoxide, CO, not dioxide, which would be CO2 as you said.

IBM has been working on molecular computing for a while, and their CO advancement is their latest technique, you can read more here

~Aunix

 

[Mday]

um, you're a bit confused, aunixM3, read the article closer...

this is in a vacuum and is already very close to absolute zero.

if you were to introduce the molecule to a real atmosphere\conditions, the molecule would break apart.

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: Mday
um, you're a bit confused, aunixM3, read the article closer...

this is in a vacuum and is already very close to absolute zero.

if you were to introduce the molecule to a real atmosphere\conditions, the molecule would break apart.

Ahh! Looks like my eyes I need new glasses

Thanks for pointing that out, Mday

~Aunix

 

[f95toli]

You can not talk about temperature when you are only dealing with a few atoms, temperature is a statistical propertie, it losses all meaning ín this case. This is also true for properties like liquid/solid, these are statistical properties describing the average distribution of particles, a single atom can never be "solid" or liquid.

 

[LordSnailz]

There are a lot of work being done with molecular computing, one is to use the 'spin' of electrons to simlulate the on and off states. Sorry no link but google should have some information on spintronics.

With the limit of the lithography coming to an end ... 10-15 yrs. left, it would be interesting to see what other ideas people would come up with ...