Carbon Nanotubes: The Hub Of Nanoelectronics

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Volume-4 Issue-10                      
Year of Publication : 2013
Authors : P.I. Okwu , I.N. Onyeje

Citation 

P.I. Okwu , I.N. Onyeje. "Carbon Nanotubes: The Hub Of Nanoelectronics". International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT). V4(10):4344-4348 Oct 2013. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group.

Abstract

This paper highlights nanotechnology as a very important application of miniaturization and a fulfilment of Moore’s law. This law is being stretched to its limit and nanoelectronics is a way out of the challenge. The field of nanoelectronics has created an enabling environment for the continued realization of this law. Hence new methods and materials are used to build electronic devices having feature sizes on the nanoscale. Nanomaterials manifest interesting unique and useful chemical, physical, mechanical and electrical properties. Of all the nanomaterials in use, carbon nanotubes play a pivotal role in nanoelectronics because they have very unique electrical properties. They can serve as metals or semiconductor depending on specific and discrete (“chiral”) angles and tube radii.

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Keywords
carbon nanotube, Moore’s law, nanoelectronics nanomaterial,