Are DNA-based electronics next?NETANYA, ISRAEL -- A host of international universities have teamed on a $3-million effort to develop DNA-based self-organizing molecular electronics. With support from the EU, Tel-Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem Independent university in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1925. The foremost university in Israel, it attracts many Jewish students from abroad; Arab students also attend. , Regensburg University, Madrid University and the Lausanne School The Lausanne School or sometimes Mathematical School refers to the neoclassical school of thought surrounding Léon Walras and Vilfredo Pareto. The central feature of the Lausanne School was its development of general equilibrium theory. of Technology share a goal to create a prototype electronic component based on a single DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. molecule, and achieve DNA-based nanodevices based on the group's previous realization of nanowires. The project's cost is estimated at about $3 million and is scheduled to end in April 2009. "We expect to realize a device-wire with a controlled nonlinear response, either bi-stability or negative differential resistance, at the end of the project," the researchers said, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. published reports. The DNA-based nanoelectronic devices would be about 1000 times smaller than existing electronics, the report said. |
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