Silicon with afterburners: Process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturer

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 11:49 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists at Rice University and North Carolina State University have found a method of attaching molecules to semiconducting silicon that may help manufacturers reach beyond the current limits of Moore's Law as they make microprocessors both smaller and more powerful. Their findings are published this month by the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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