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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1459)	4/20/2000 7:40:00 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

Frank, there is SO much even MORE than I posted to read about the S-CDMA HFC products that it COULD wait 'til Monday, I suppose...ggg I recall they are talking service of 256kbps, "to start." But much of my pasting will go quickly for you due to being old hat, I think? I'm heading out for an Easter trip away from home tomorrow. To check in, I might have to visit a another friend or the Library. Happy Holidays Dan B

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1459)	4/20/2000 8:02:00 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 1782

And Now, For Something Completely Different.... Hi Frank and All, This was just sent to me in email from a friend, Glassguy, and I would appreciate the comments of anyone here. Should followup with Glassguy be advised, I think I can either persuade him to show in person here at the FCTC, else we can do some kinda email exchange. I am just now reading the article and will comment as I can. We think that this is a nice follow-up to the excitement last week regarding the chromophore research reported in Science on April 7. (Dalton et al.) Have a great holiday weekend everyone! Best, Ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <quote> There's an interesting article in the latest Chemical & Engineering News (4-17-00, p. 32-38) titled, "Semiconductors meet organics: with an eye toward future electronic devices, researchers examine methods of imparting organic function to semiconductor surfaces." The article is certainly over the head of anyone without at least two years of college chemistry, but the significance of the article may be found in the second paragraph of the last page, "One goal of investigators in this area is to prepare ordered films of organic adsorbates that may be further functionalized." In layman's terms, this means being able to coat silicon, germanium, and other group 14 semiconductor elements with an extremely powerful chemical 'glue' (the adsorbate) that other 'stuff' can be stuck to (these would be the functional groups). The chromophoric and dendritic compounds us electro-optical types have been following lately come immediately to mind =:O The article also mentions the potential of this technology for making powerful sensors - such as chemical 'sniffers'. This molecular 'glue' can be easily applied in such a way that one may adhere patterns of 'stuff' onto a substrate with atomic precision - not just 'really, really close to spec', but EXACTLY, DEAD-ON RIGHT! Single atom devices are now not only practical, but they just got cheaper and easier to mass produce. For those who listen to the technology, our heads are ringing - this is hot stuff! Michael <end quote>