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21Molecular scale electronics — Part of a series of articles on Nanoelectronics Single molecule electronics …
22nanotechnology — /nan euh tek nol euh jee, nay neuh /, n. any technology on the scale of nanometers. [1987] * * * Manipulation of atoms, molecules, and materials to form structures on the scale of nanometres (billionths of a metre). These nanostructures typically …
23Quantum mechanics — For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics …
24chemical bonding — ▪ chemistry Introduction any of the interactions that account for the association of atoms into molecules, ions, crystals, and other stable species that make up the familiar substances of the everyday world. When atoms approach one another …
25superconductivity — superconduction /sooh peuhr keuhn duk sheuhn/, n. superconductive /sooh peuhr keuhn duk tiv/, superconducting, adj. superconductor /sooh peuhr keuhn duk teuhr/, n. /sooh peuhr kon deuhk tiv i tee/, n. Physics. the phenomenon of almost perfect… …
26Coulomb blockade — Schematic representation of an electron tunnelling through a barrier In physics, a Coulomb blockade (abbreviated CB), named after Charles Augustin de Coulomb s electrical force, is the increased resistance at small bias voltages of an electronic… …
27Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
28Liste elektrischer Bauelemente — Dieser Artikel listet elektrische beziehungsweise elektronische Bauelemente (auch Bauteile genannt) auf, die man für Schaltungen in der Elektrotechnik beziehungsweise Elektronik benötigt. Verschiedene elektronische Bauelemente Inhaltsverzeichnis …
29Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …
30MOSFET — Two power MOSFETs in the surface mount package D2PAK. Operating as switches, each of these components can sustain a blocking voltage of 120 volts in the OFF state, and can conduct a continuous current of 30 amperes in the ON state, dissipating up …
