08:12 <B0101> sigh, apprently, getting other isotopes of Silicon are getting harder...

11:43 <B0101> hi, do you think aiming a neutron beam at Silicon 28 atoms will turn them into Silicon 29?

11:51 <azonenberg> B0101: Maybe, not sure

11:51 <azonenberg> nuclear physics isnt my strong point

11:51 <azonenberg> What do you want Si-29 for?

11:53 <B0101> Its spin

11:55 <B0101> I feel that we may be able to use the 'Spin Up' or 'Spin Down' states to represent '1' or '0' for Quantum Computation

11:58 <Sync__> B0101: there are neutron transmution doping machines

12:01 <B0101> Sync__: IIRC, someone told me I need quite a high amount of energy to transmutate elements. So how much energy does my beam need to reach?

12:02 <Sync__> well, I guess it just depends on the neutron flux

12:04 <Sync__> because that should be propability

12:10 <B0101> wow... won't you agree that if we have to put an ample amount of nuclear physics into #homecmos, It defeats the 'hobbyist-friendly' part of the project...

12:12 <Sync__> well making thermal neutrons is one of the easier things

12:14 <Sync__> hmm I'm not so sure if you need Si 29 for spintronics

12:18 <Sync__> I'm also not so sure if there is that much use in semiconducting for that, harddisks use it

12:19 <B0101> to compute data?

12:19 <Sync__> no

12:20 <Sync__> to store moar data in the same space

12:21 <B0101> sorry about that, my actual message was: What about Si 29 for computing data?

12:21 <Sync__> well, as I said, I'm not sure if there is much research into that

12:23 <Sync__> there seems to be

12:23 <Sync__> http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-010-0221-9_22