Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors: An Assessment

2007 ◽  
Vol 121-123 ◽  
pp. 503-506
Author(s):  
D.L. Pulfrey
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Effect Transistor

An assessment is made of the suitability of the carbon nanotube field-effect transistor for applications in nanoelectronics.

NOVEL STRUCTURES FOR CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (19) ◽  
pp. 3871-3880 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAHIM FAEZ ◽  
SEYED EBRAHIM HOSSEINI
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Digital Circuits ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Conventional Structure ◽  
Source Voltage ◽  
Effect Transistor ◽  
Output Characteristics ◽  
Novel Structures

A carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) has been studied based on the Schrödinger–Poisson formalism. To improve the saturation range in the output characteristics, new structures for CNTFETs are proposed. These structures are simulated and compared with the conventional structure. Simulations show that these structures have a wider output saturation range. With this, larger drain-source voltage (Vds) can be used, which results in higher output power. In the digital circuits, higher Vds increases noise immunity.

Rapid Diagnosis of E. Coli using Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor Direct Binding Assay

2012 ◽  
Vol 1416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo Jae Park ◽  
Sung-Jae Chung ◽  
Man S. Kim ◽  
Steingrimur Stefansson ◽  
Saeyoung Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Sample Volume ◽  
Large Sample Size ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Effect Transistor ◽  
Cost Efficient

ABSTRACTEnzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay (ELISA), and other methods based on the same principle, are sensitive and specific, but they suffer from several disadvantages, such as their inherent complexity and requirement for multiple reagents, incubation and washing steps and require a relatively large sample size. We have adapted a new carbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNT-FET) based platform to capture Escherichia coli antigens using only the capture anti-body showing good correlation with an established ELISA assay contrived positive and negative specimens were used to test the new CNT-FET platform and results were obtained within three minutes per each sample. The test is easy to perform, rapid, and cost efficient making it a valuable screening tool for E. coli. In this study, we looked at the applicability of using CNT field effect transistor based biosensor as a rapid diagnostic platform for Escherichia coli O157:H7. The CNT-FETs platform detected positive E. coli samples in three minutes using only 2.5 μL of sample volume. This low sample volume required by the CNT-FET platform can be especially advantageous for diagnostic tests constricted by limited amount of samples.

Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor-Based Hybrid Full Adders Using Gate-Diffusion Input Structure

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1512-1522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedehsomayeh Hatefinasab
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Digital Circuits ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Full Adder ◽  
Input Structure ◽  
Effect Transistor

Scaling down the size of transistor in the nanoscale reduces the power supply voltage, as a result, the design of high-performance nano-circuit at low voltage has been considered. Most of digital circuits are composed of different components which determine the performance of the entire digital circuits. With the improvement of these components, the digital circuits can be optimized. One of these components is full adder for which various structures have been proposed to improve its performance, among them the two novel full adder structures are based on Gate-Diffusion Input (GDI) structure and half-classical XOR/XNOR logic (SEMI XOR/XNOR) modules. In this paper, Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor (CNTFET)-based low power full adders by using SEMI XOR logic style and GDI structure are presented. Due to the incomparable thermal and mechanical properties of the CNTFET, it can be the first alternative to substitute the metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFET). The digital circuits have the better performance based on CNTFET. Therefore, the three proposed full adders in this paper are designed based on CNTFET technology with many merits, such as low power dissipation, less energy delay product (EDP), and high speed at various supply voltages, frequencies, temperatures, load capacitors, and the number of tubes. Moreover, these proposed full adders occupy the minimum area consumption and have better performance in comparison with previous standard full adders. All simulations are done by using the Synopsys HSPICE simulator in 32 nm-CNTFET technology and layout of all full adder circuits are presented on Electric.

scholarly journals Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor-Based Chemical and Biological Sensors

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 995
Author(s):  
Xuesong Yao ◽  
Yalei Zhang ◽  
Wanlin Jin ◽  
Youfan Hu ◽  
Yue Cui
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Chemical Sensors ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Biological Sensors ◽  
Current Application ◽  
Effect Transistor ◽  
Chemical And Biological Sensors

Chemical and biological sensors have attracted great interest due to their importance in applications of healthcare, food quality monitoring, environmental monitoring, etc. Carbon nanotube (CNT)-based field-effect transistors (FETs) are novel sensing device configurations and are very promising for their potential to drive many technological advancements in this field due to the extraordinary electrical properties of CNTs. This review focuses on the implementation of CNT-based FETs (CNTFETs) in chemical and biological sensors. It begins with the introduction of properties, and surface functionalization of CNTs for sensing. Then, configurations and sensing mechanisms for CNT FETs are introduced. Next, recent progresses of CNTFET-based chemical sensors, and biological sensors are summarized. Finally, we end the review with an overview about the current application status and the remaining challenges for the CNTFET-based chemical and biological sensors.

Imaging Schottky Barriers at Carbon Nanotube Contacts

2001 ◽  
Vol 706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Freitag ◽  
A. T. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Schottky Barrier ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Schottky Barriers ◽  
Scanning Gate Microscopy ◽  
Gating Mechanism ◽  
Effect Transistor ◽  
Semiconducting Nanotubes

AbstractWe use scanning gate microscopy to precisely locate the gating response in single-wall nanotube devices. Junctions of metallic and semiconducting nanotubes show a dramatic increase in transport current when they are electrostatically doped with holes at the junction. We ascribe this behavior to the turn-on of a reverse biased Schottky barrier. A similar effect is seen in field-effect transistors made from an individual semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotube. In this case, there are two Schottky barriers at the metal contacts, one of which is forward, and one of which is reverse biased. The gating action is only observed at the reverse biased Schottky barrier at the positive electrode. By positioning the gate near one of the contacts, we convert the nanotube field-effect transistor into a rectifying nanotube diode. These experiments both clarify the gating mechanism for nanotube devices and indicate a strategy for diode fabrication based on controlled placement of acceptor impurities at a nanotube field-effect transistor.

scholarly journals Simple and rapid gas sensing using a single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect transistor-based logic inverter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salomé Forel ◽  
Leandro Sacco ◽  
Alice Castan ◽  
Ileana Florea ◽  
Costel Sorin Cojocaru
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Gas Sensor ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistor ◽  
Gas Sensing ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Effect Transistor ◽  
System Miniaturization

We design a gas sensor by combining two SWCNT-FET devices in an inverter configuration enabling a better system miniaturization together with a reduction of power consumption and ease of data processing.

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