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2D materials for ultrascaled field-effect transistors – EurekAlert
Since the discovery of graphene, two-dimensional materials have been the focus of materials research. Among other things, they could be used to build tiny, high-performance transistors. Researchers at ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne have now simulated and evaluat…
IMAGE: Arranged around it are a selection of 2-D materials that have been investigated.
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Credit: Mathieu Luisier/ETH Zurich
With the increasing miniaturization of electronic components, researchers are struggling with undesirable side effects: In the case of nanometer-scale transistors made of conventional materials such as silicon, quantum effects occur that impair their functionality. One of these quantum effects, for example, is additional leakage currents, i.e. currents that fl…
