Nanowerk  February 21, 2023 An international team of researchers (Japan, Germany?) has demonstrated a switch analogous to a transistor, made from fullerene. They theorized, tested and confirmed how the emission of electrons from excited molecules of fullerene should behave when exposed to specific kinds of laser light. They controlled the way a molecule directs the path of an incoming electron using a very short pulse of red laser light. When placed on a metal point the fullerenes orientated a certain way so they will direct electrons predictably. They achieved a switching speed 1 million times faster than a classical transistor. […]