Authors from Stanford's Physics department and MITRE's Nanosystems group survey the latest progress in nanoelectronics in a brief 2-page article in the November 9 issue of _Science_. A subscription is required for access to the full text. Topics discussed include: nanowires, carbon nanotubes, small organic molecules, and biomolecules.

Abstract: "Nanoelectronics is the next frontier after microelectronics, and research in this field is advancing at a breathtaking rate. In their Perspective, Tseng and Ellenbogen highlight four recent papers, including the reports by Huang et al. and Bachtold et al., which show that logic circuits can be made with molecular-scale components. Many challenges remain to be overcome until a nanocomputer can be realized, but these studies move this ambitious goal one important step closer."

Toward Nanocomputers | Science, Nov 9 2001