Scientists and engineers are looking for completely different ways of storing and analyzing information. Quantum-dot Cellular Automata are one possible solution.

In computers of the future, transistors may be replaced by assemblies of quantum dots called "Quantum-dot Cellular Automata" (QCAs).This animation describes how QCAs can store and move information. A second animation describes how they can be assembled into logic gates.

John Bean, University of Virginia
Virtual Science Lab

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• John C. Bean (2006), "Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) - Memory Cells," https://nanohub.org/resources/1006.

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1. K-12
2. nanoelectronics
3. quantum dots