The conventional VLSI technology based on lithography is reaching its limits and the extension of Moore’s Law for small-scale conventional silicon based integrated circuits is gaining significance. Developments in the area of molecular electronics devices offer an alternative approach to overcome this problem and have the potential to miniaturize the computational devices down to few nm. This i...

The rapid progress in nanoelectronics showed an urgent need for microwave measurement of impedances extremely different from the 50Ω reference impedance of measurement instruments. In commonly used methods input impedance or admittance of a device under test (DUT) is derived from measured value of its reflection coefficient causing serious accuracy problems for very high and very low impedances...

Hydrogenation is an effective way to modify the electronic and magnetic properties of graphene. The semi-hydrogenated graphene, known as "graphone", has promising applications in nanoelectronics including field-effect transistors. However, the elastic limit of this two-dimensional material remains unknown despite its importance in applications as well as strain engineering to tailor functions a...

Carbon nanotubes have the potential to spur future development in electronics due to their unequalled electrical properties. In this article, we present a review on carbon nanotube-based circuits in terms of their electrical performance in two major directions: nanoelectronics and macroelectronics. In the nanoelectronics direction, we direct our discussion to the performance of aligned carbon n...

EDITORIAL article Front. Nanotechnol., 24 January 2023Sec. Nanoelectronics Volume 5 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2023.1114267

The application of biomolecules in nanostructure generation is an interesting alternative to techniques in physical nanotechnology. Nucleic acids, and especially DNA, provides suitable chemical and physical properties to become an interesting object for molecular construction. The core principle of such DNA-based complexes is the self-organization of the DNA molecules. Synthetic short single-st...

In our research we use bio-templated systems to realize one-dimensional conducting nanowires and nanodevices for scientific investigation of electrical charge transport in these systems, for nanoelectronics and for nanotechnology applications. One example is dsDNA and its synthetic derivatives. Within this frame we measured electrical charge transport in dsDNA, measured the energy level spectru...

g ordon Moore’s prediction made over 40 years ago, that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit would double roughly every 24 months, continues to be the guiding principle of the semiconductor and computing industries. As transistor count increases, each transistor becomes smaller, faster and cheaper, leading to an unprecedented increase in microprocessor performance1. Today, the so-...

With ever shrinking dimensions in microelectronics, the conductivity performance of charge carriers approaches physical limits and demands tighter control. We show that near-field microscopy carried out at sufficiently long infrared wavelengths—below the plasma frequency—selectively detects and characterizes subsurface mobile carriers with 30 nm resolution, timely for next generation chips as w...