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Published online 5 July 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020701-9
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New spin on transistors
Electron spin controls transistor made from artificial atom.
Scientists in Canada claim to have reinvented the transistor, the workhorse of electronic and information technology. Their 'spintronic' transistor uses a new principle for controlling and switching electrical current, based on a property of fundamental particles called spin1.
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