Could Quarks Revolutionize Transistor Technology?

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The discussion centers on the potential of quarks to revolutionize transistor technology, contrasting them with traditional electron-based transistors. It highlights the challenge of color confinement, which prevents quarks from existing in isolation and complicates their use in electronics. The conversation notes that while electrons are smaller than quarks, the varying sizes of quarks present unique opportunities for miniaturization in circuit design. Ultimately, the feasibility of utilizing quarks in transistors remains speculative due to their confinement properties.

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Would it be possible to make quark Transistors to accelerate Moore's law?
Instead of electron transistors why not go smaller particles like quarks?
 
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Metals have plenty of free electrons that we use for electronics today.
Where is there a pool of free quarks that we might be able to control, which will not react with each other or their container?
 
Confinement would demand very very small circuits.......
 
There is another form of confinement that will be a bit of a problem.
Wikipedia says; "Owing to a phenomenon known as color confinement, quarks are never found in isolation; they can be found only within hadrons, ..."

Also; Electrons are smaller than quarks. However, quarks vary in size. A single electron is about 1/5th the size of a very small quark. So all electrons are smaller than all quarks.
 
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