Nanoscale Transistors: Fabrication and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The last half century has been heralded as the “digital age” due to the impact of electronics in computation, sensing, and communication. To support this development in the future, advances in its core component–the transistor–are required. Significant research effort is aiming at innovations in their fundamental working principle and the employed materials in order to push the boundaries of current versions. Moreover, new types of devices are considered for uses “beyond-Moore”.

A special issue of Nanomaterials entitled "Nanoscale Transistors: Fabrication and Applications" aims to highlight the recent advances in the conception and realization of transistors with unprecedented size, unexpected functionality, and exciting potential. We invite submissions of original research articles or comprehensive reviews on, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Design (novel transistor geometries and operation principles)
• Fabrication (high resolution and/or scalable materials’ patterning approaches)
• Materials (low-dimensional semiconducting, ferroic, or dielectric functional components; high-performance contact materials)
• Characterization (nanoscale and subsurface imaging of defects, compositional changes, and strain)
• Modeling (multiscale modeling of electron and thermal transport at the nanoscale)
• Applications (biosensors, memory, neuromorphics)

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Mario Hofmann
Prof. Dr. Ya-Ping Hsieh
Guest Editors

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• Nanoscale transistors
• 2D materials
• FINFETs
• lithography
• probe-based lithography
• ferroelectric
• gate leakage
• multiscale modeling
• neuromorphic devices
• tunneling transistors
• device scaling
• high-resolution characterization