Carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons: Potentials for nanoscale electrical interconnects

Electronics (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-314

  Soldano, Caterina ^a   Talapatra, Saikat ^b   Kar, Swastik ^c  

^a E T C srl   (Italy)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Graphene nanoribbons; Nanoscale interconnects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904730477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/electronics2030280     Document Type: Review

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