Carbon Valley
the microelectronic revolution is based on the remarkable properties of a single element: silicon. Researchers have been trying to design and build circuits using carbon, an element very similar to silicon, but with little luck. Carbon circuits will be faster, more robust and could operate at higher temperatures. Some German scientists could be a step closer to realising the carbon circuit. They have successfully grown very high quality thin films of diamond.
It is said that diamond, a pure form of carbon, could replace silicon as the material of choice for the next generation of electronic circuits. This is because diamond circuits would be smaller and faster than silicon ones, and would be able to operate at 500
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