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A single-atom transistor is a device which allows one to open and close an electronic circuit by the controlled

and reproducible repositioning of one single atom. It is invented in Karlsruhe (Germany) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).<ref> F.-Q. Xie, L. Nittler, Ch. Obermair, Th. Schimmel, Phys. Rev. Lett.93, 128303 (2004)</ref> <ref>F.-Q. Xie, Ch. Obermair and Th. Schimmel, Solid State Communications 132, 437 (2004)</ref> <ref> F.-Q. Xie, R. Maul, A. Augenstein, Ch. Obermair, E.B. Starikov, G. Schön, Th. Schimmel, W. Wenzel, Nano Lett. 8 (12),4493 (2008)</ref> <ref> F.-Q. Xie, R. Maul, Ch. Obermair, G. Schön, W. Wenzel, Th. Schimmel, Advanced Materials 22, 2033 (2010)</ref> <ref> Ch. Obermair, F.-Q. Xie, Th. Schimmel, Europhysics News 41/4, 25-28 (2010)</ref>