Chemistry is definitely my weak suit, but I think it’s something about how silicon can arrange in an aromatic ring, and then interacting with each other
There’s silobenzine rings, but I think for a fully silicon one, it would need suspended in an acid so they can interact and (literally) vibrate as a group.
But I think in general, you’re talking about on a macro real world level, and I’m talking about some teeny tiny Ant-Man and the Wasp level shit.
Like, 6-8 silicon atoms hooked up together is going to behavior differently than a lump of a compound contraining other elements…
for a fully silicon one, it would need suspended in an acid so they can interact and (literally) vibrate as a group.
I think there’s something more that you’re trying to communicate here but I’m unsure of what it is. Getting silicon, or semiconductors more generally, to “literally vibrate as a group” is the basis of a significant amount of analog electronics, MEMS, NEMS, etc. most notably in RF signal chains and the like. Do you have a link to where this comes from or something?
you’re talking about on a macro real world level
We’re talking at about the same scale of microtubules with 101 nm feature size and 101 um component size. I used the example I did because it scales nicely to real world level where most people will have encountered it and so be somewhat familiar with. The primary differences I see are of dimension (semiconductor manufacturing methods can’t do “true 3d”) and of medium.
lump of a compound contraining other elements
That’s how silicon semiconductors work and how that “semi” part gets controlled.
Chemistry is definitely my weak suit, but I think it’s something about how silicon can arrange in an aromatic ring, and then interacting with each other
There’s silobenzine rings, but I think for a fully silicon one, it would need suspended in an acid so they can interact and (literally) vibrate as a group.
But I think in general, you’re talking about on a macro real world level, and I’m talking about some teeny tiny Ant-Man and the Wasp level shit.
Like, 6-8 silicon atoms hooked up together is going to behavior differently than a lump of a compound contraining other elements…
I think there’s something more that you’re trying to communicate here but I’m unsure of what it is. Getting silicon, or semiconductors more generally, to “literally vibrate as a group” is the basis of a significant amount of analog electronics, MEMS, NEMS, etc. most notably in RF signal chains and the like. Do you have a link to where this comes from or something?
We’re talking at about the same scale of microtubules with 101 nm feature size and 101 um component size. I used the example I did because it scales nicely to real world level where most people will have encountered it and so be somewhat familiar with. The primary differences I see are of dimension (semiconductor manufacturing methods can’t do “true 3d”) and of medium.
That’s how silicon semiconductors work and how that “semi” part gets controlled.