Multiscale modeling for graphene-based nanoscale transistors

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1653-1669

  Fiori, Gianluca ^a   Iannaccone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational electronics; electron devices; graphene; multiscale (MS) modeling; nanoelectronics; nanoscale transistors

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRON DEVICES; GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS; NANOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TRANSISTORS;

CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRONICS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NANOSCALE TRANSISTORS; PROCESS VARIABILITY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY METHODS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84879890739     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2259451     Document Type: Article

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