New flexible microprocessor made of ultra-thin two-dimensional material molybdenum disulfide

(New flexible microprocessor made of ultra-thin two-dimensional material molybdenum disulfide )

These ultra-thin, two-dimensional materials can make microprocessors and advance innovation. Recent breakthroughs by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (Vienna) and EU’s graphene flagship research project were made in this field. These developments are expected to encourage the further development of intelligent hardware and applications such as Internet of Things.

A material with two dimensions is one that moves freely on non-nanoscales (1-100nm), like graphene and boron, or other transition metal compounds such as graphene, Tungsten sulfide, Tungsten diselenide, and molybdenum dioxide.

These materials are usually two-dimensional and consist of several layers of different atoms. The focus we had on graphene was a well-known example. Some other materials, like transition metal disulfide chemicals, may also be two-dimensional. They can be small and light, they are also very soft and have great semiconductor properties, making them ideal for electronic devices that are flexible. .

Today’s electronic industry relies on microprocessors as its core. They can be used in consumer electronics like smart watches and smart phone, as well as high-tech products like supercomputers, automotive engine controls, CNC machines tools, missile precision guidance, and automobile engine controls.

A microprocessor is a core part of any microcomputer. It usually consists of one to several large-scale, integrated circuits that can execute and read instructions and exchange data with other memory and logic parts.

The two-dimensional material research of Dr. Thomas Mueller of Vienna’s Photonics Institute has attracted much attention. His belief is that two-dimensional material are ideal for future manufacturing of integrated circuits, microprocessors, and other devices. Molybdenum dioxide (MoS2), which is composed of sulfur atoms as well as molybdenum, has an atomic thickness of just three. This makes it two-dimensional.

So he headed the Technical University of Vienna’s research group and worked with the EU graphene researchers to design a transistor using the two-dimensional molybdenum diulfide (“MoS2”) material. A new kind of microprocessor was created by 115 such transistors. This microprocessor currently can only perform one-bit operations. However, it’s expected to grow to multi-bit operations in the future.

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(New flexible microprocessor made of ultra-thin two-dimensional material molybdenum disulfide )