Copper mfp is ~ 40 nm. Now that wires shrinking below this, things get complicated . Looks pretty universal as well. Don't need to even meet atomic dimensions, rules should be changing already.
nanomvp
14th April 2010 - 12:53 PM
SiO2 has surprisingly large electron mean free path.
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