ENHANCED BONDING INTERFACES ON CARBON-BASED MATERIALS FOR NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES

摘要

Semiconductor structures and electronic devices are provided that includes at least one layer of an interfacial dielectric material located on an upper surface of a carbon-based material. The at least one layer of interfacial dielectric material has a short-range crystallographic bonding structure, typically hexagonal, that is the same as that of the carbon-based material and, as such, the at least one layer of interfacial dielectric material does not change the electronic structure of the carbon-based material. The presence of the at least one layer of interfacial dielectric material having the same short-range crystallographic bonding structure as that of the carbon-based material improves the interfacial bonding between the carbon-based material and any overlying material layer, including a dielectric material, a conductive material or a combination of a dielectric material and a conductive material. The improved interfacial bonding in turn facilitates formation of devices including a carbon-based material.