Some considerations on nanowires in nanoelectronics

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2820-2826

  Ferry, David K ^a   Gilbert, Matthew J ^b,c   Akis, Richard ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic transport; Field effect transistors; Nanowires; Semiconductor transport

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; ELECTRIC WIRE; EXPLOSIVES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BALLISTIC TRANSPORT; BALLISTIC TRANSPORTS; DIFFUSIVE CROSSOVERS; SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSPORT;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 56549107430     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2008.2005171     Document Type: Review

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