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By TONIA MALLETT
Staff Writer
Organic molecules may replace silicon computer
chips, if all goes well for a USC
researcher.
"This discovery could lead to a reduction in
computer size and faster, more efficient computers,"
said chemist James Tour, who has
been researching at USC for two years.
Tour and his team, consisting of USC graduate
students Ruilian Wu and Jeffry
Schumm, have embarked on synthesizing organic
molecules that could replace the common
silicon computer chip.
Tour became interested in the research two
years ago when he read a publication about
Avi Aviram, an IBM scientist. Aviram propI
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act as electronic devices and could be used for
memory, logic and amplification, according to
an issue of Science News.
These molecules would also be 1,000 times
smaller and 1,000 times faster than ordinary
chips.
The reproduction of the structure is a complex
procedure, but Tour said he has made
batches of two molecules with structures similar
to Aviram's description.
However, researchers are not certain if the
new molecules will work and they are having
difficulty working with such small molecular
structures, Tour said.
"We are not sure a single molecule could
function as a device," Tour said.
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With the help of a new device called a scanning
tunneling microscope, the chemists have
been able to research single molecules.
"With the microscope, molecules can be
tested and studied on an individual basis,"
Tour said.
IBM will perform the actual test on the
molecules. They have already begun some of
their testings.
The university has already filed a patent application
for the molecule.
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Tour studied at Stanford University, University
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