Resumen de Nantero.

• Discusses the production of nonvolatile memory chips that use carbon nanotubes by the technology firm, Nantero. The start-up Nantero has joined forces with LSI Logic Corporation to produce memory chips based on a design invented by Nantero's chief scientific officer, Thomas Rueckes. To store a "1" bit, the tubes and the electrode are charged oppositely, causing the nanotubes to bend down and form a junction with the electrode. Van der Waals forces keep the junction in place until like charges are applied to tube and electrode, forcing them apart to the "0" configuration. The devices could be used in "instant-on" computers, as well as cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players and so on.