1.   As an applied science, molecular electronics would begin at a minute scale far beyond the theoretical boundaries of the conventional technology of silicon transistors.

2.   Bernard Meyerson, director of telecommunications technology at IBM, was recognized for his role in developing silicon germanium transistors, which operate faster than ordinary silicon devices.

3.   Silicon germanium transistors are often used in communications applications like high-speed fiber-optic systems and advanced wireless phones, as well as in test and measurement systems.

4.   The layer of carbon-based molecules is less than one ten-millionth of an inch thick, far thinner than the equivalent structure in current silicon transistors.

5.   In a common silicon transistor, a gate opens, sending electrons flowing down a duct.