Single atom defined nanostructures: atom-electronics beyond the miniaturization limit

正在兴起的原子电子学时代有望在21世纪通过超越微电子的传统微型化限制来彻底改变微电子。新兴的原子级制造和控制技术提供了构建设备的希望，这些设备的基本组件是一个原子一个原子地构建的，并且在全新的规则下运行。这一发现项目将应用关键的新理论工具，与领先的实验小组合作，使这项技术的探索和创造新的和创新的应用，这将对社会各个领域产生深远的影响，并为国家带来重大利益。

The emerging era of atom-electronics promises to revolutionise microelectronics in the 21st century by going beyond the conventional miniaturization limit of microelectronics. Emerging atom level fabrication and control techniques offer the promise of building devices whose fundamental components are built atom-by-atom and function under completely new rules. This Discovery Project will apply critical new theoretical tools, in partnership with leading experimental groups, to enable the exploration of this technology and the creation of new and innovative applications which will have far reaching implications in all areas of society and significant national benefit.