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Design of a molecular Field Effect Transistor (mFET)
Ralph C. Merkle, Robert A. Freitas, Damian G. Allis
Field Effect Transistors (FETs) are ubiquitous in electronics. As we scale FETs to ever smaller sizes, it becomes natural to ask how small a practical FET might be. We propose and…
cs.ET2018★ 46 cited
Mechanical Computing Systems Using Only Links and Rotary Joints
Ralph C. Merkle, Robert A. Freitas, Tad Hogg +3
A new model for mechanical computing is demonstrated that requires only two basic parts: links and rotary joints. These basic parts are combined into two main higher level structur…