Carbon-Related Materials: Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes in Semiconductor Applications and Design

Mohammadreza Kolahdouz; Buqing Xu; Aryanaz Faghih Nasiri; Maryam Fathollahzadeh; Mahmoud Manian; Hossein Aghababa; Yuanyuan Wu; Henry H Radamson

doi:10.3390/mi13081257

Carbon-Related Materials: Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes in Semiconductor Applications and Design

Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Aug 4;13(8):1257. doi: 10.3390/mi13081257.

Authors

Mohammadreza Kolahdouz¹, Buqing Xu^{2

3}, Aryanaz Faghih Nasiri¹, Maryam Fathollahzadeh¹, Mahmoud Manian¹, Hossein Aghababa¹, Yuanyuan Wu⁴, Henry H Radamson^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1439957131, Iran.
² Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
⁴ Research and Development Center of Optoelectronic Hybrid IC, Guangdong Greater Bay Area Institute of Integrated Circuit and System, Guangzhou 510535, China.
⁵ Department of Electronics Design, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, 85170 Sundsvall, Sweden.

Abstract

As the scaling technology in the silicon-based semiconductor industry is approaching physical limits, it is necessary to search for proper materials to be utilized as alternatives for nanoscale devices and technologies. On the other hand, carbon-related nanomaterials have attracted so much attention from a vast variety of research and industry groups due to the outstanding electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal characteristics. Such materials have been used in a variety of devices in microelectronics. In particular, graphene and carbon nanotubes are extraordinarily favorable substances in the literature. Hence, investigation of carbon-related nanomaterials and nanostructures in different ranges of applications in science, technology and engineering is mandatory. This paper reviews the basics, advantages, drawbacks and investigates the recent progress and advances of such materials in micro and nanoelectronics, optoelectronics and biotechnology.

Keywords: CNTFET; CNTs; graphene; graphene FET; nano biosensors; photodetectors.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research was funded by “Guangdong Province Research and Development Program in Key Fields, grant number 2021B0101280002” and “A high-level innovation research institute from Guangdong Greater Bay Area Institute of Integrated Circuit and System, grant number 2019B090909006” and “The construction of new research and development institutions, grant number 2019B090904015”.