Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomaterial that can reconfigure itself by directing the flow of current. This could lead to computers that can reconfigure their internal circuitry as needed. The hybrid material, created by a team led by Bartos Grzybowski, professor of chemical and biological engineering and chemistry at NWU, combines different aspects of silicon- and polymer-based electronics to create nanoparticle-based electronics. It can handle streams of electrons flowing in multiple, or even opposing, directions at the same time.
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And Now for Something Completely Different: Nanostuff Lets Computers Remake Themselves
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 18, 2011 12:13 PMScientists at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomaterial that can reconfigure itself by directing the flow of current. This could lead to computers that can reconfigure their internal circuitry as needed. The hybrid material, created by a team led by Bartos Grzybowski, professor of chemical and biological engineering and chemistry at NWU, combines different aspects of silicon- and polymer-based electronics to create nanoparticle-based electronics. It can handle streams of electrons flowing in multiple, or even opposing, directions at the same time.