nanocomputing
Atomic-level data processing
Nanocomputing is computing at the nanometer scale—building processors and memory from components measured in billionths of a meter.
The term covers both the continued miniaturization of traditional silicon chips and experimental approaches using carbon nanotubes, molecular switches, or quantum effects.
As transistors shrink toward atomic dimensions, nanocomputing merges with quantum computing and molecular electronics.
Nanoscale detection devices
- nanomachinesAtom-scale automated devices
- nanorobotsAtom-scale autonomous machines
- nanoprobesSubmicroscopic investigative devices
- nanoelectronicsCircuitry at billionth-meter dimensions
Monolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
- nanowiresAtom-scale conductive strands
- nanomaterialsUltrasmall engineered matter
- nanotubesHollow molecular cylinders
- DNAHereditary code molecule
Reducing physical scale significantly
- nanometersBillionths of meters
- angstromSubatomic length unit
- ultraminiaturizationMaking extremely small
nanosensors
Nanoscale detection devices
- nanomachinesAtom-scale automated devices
- nanorobotsAtom-scale autonomous machines
- nanoprobesSubmicroscopic investigative devices
graphene
Monolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
- nanowiresAtom-scale conductive strands
- nanomaterialsUltrasmall engineered matter
- nanotubesHollow molecular cylinders
DNA · protein · nanocrystals · nanoparticles · nanofibers
nanofabrication
Creating nanometer-scale structures
- self-assemblySpontaneous structural organization
biocomputing
Computing with living matter
miniaturization
Reducing physical scale significantly
- nanometersBillionths of meters
- angstromSubatomic length unit
- ultraminiaturizationMaking extremely small
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