Carbon nanotube interconnects

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 39, Issue , 2009, Pages 255-275

  Naeemi, Azad ^a   Meindl, James D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated circuits; Kinetic inductance; Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnology; Quantum capacitance; Quantum wires

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE INTERCONNECTS; CARBON SHEETS; CIRCUIT MODELS; ELECTRON MEAN FREE PATH; ELECTRON PHONON SCATTERING; FUTURE GENERATIONS; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; KINETIC INDUCTANCE; LARGE CURRENT; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POWER DISSIPATION; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM WIRES; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SIZE EFFECTS;

CAPACITANCE; CARBON NANOTUBES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INDUCTANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODELS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; WIRE;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 67650932656     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-082908-145247     Document Type: Review

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