Advances in molecular scale electronics:synthesis and testing of molecular scale resonant tunneling diodes and molecules scale controllers

摘要

With the miniaturization of transistors on silicon semiconductor chips,comes faster processing speeds and more powerful computational power;however,certain size constraints on today's semiconductor industry will soon be realized.Current minimum commercial device feature sizes on a silicon semiconductor chip are 0.3 microns but when they reach a certain limit,hypothesized to be >0.02 microns,limitations of fabrication techniques and quantum limitations will likely curtail any further downsizing.