Carbon-based nanoelectronic networks

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The extraordinary advances in electronics over the past 50 years have led to increasingly powerful and complex silicon integrated circuits whose features now have dimensions less than 100 nm; a regime referred to as the nanoscale. As these feature sizes are reduced further, continued progress in computers, consumer electronics and telecommunications becomes increasingly challenging. Industry forecasts predict that by the end of this decade performance and manufacturing challenges when features sizes reach below 20 nm will make it necessary to augment silicon by introducing new materials and devices into integrated circuits. Carbon-based nanostructures in particular have been identified as prominent candidates to meet these challenges.