News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on New Metal-Air Transistor Replaces Semiconductors. Parent comment

Re:New Metal-Air Transistor Replaces Semiconductors by ben_w on Sunday December 02, 2018 @11:00AM (#18582821)
Caps don’t allow electrons through, do they? They resist DC, they only conduct AC?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:New Metal-Air Transistor Replaces Semiconductors by 0db532a0 on Sunday December 02, 2018 @11:45AM (#18583038)
That is correct. The dielectric ‘conducts’ an electric field, which attracts and repels electrons on the opposing plates.
[ Parent | on HN ]