World's Smallest Diode Created

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Finally. I heard Charles Osgood mention this about a decade ago.

I didn’t know they still called them diodes, though. We built our circuits using transistors.
 
ProVobis said:
Finally. I heard Charles Osgood mention this about a decade ago.

I didn’t know they still called them diodes, though. We built our circuits using transistors.
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Diodes and transistors are not the same thing.
 
Diodes are one of the basic circuit elements, characterized by the property of passing current in only one direction. Some have additional properties, like generating visible light (LED).

While ISSTM that a molecular diode is still too small to be practical, I can imagine slightly larger applications of the technology.
 
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