ABSTRACT
It is clear that nanostructured materials will have increasing impact on electronics. The requirement for higher functionality, increased memory density, and higher speed is driving the need for smaller dimensions in electronics. The scaling down of conventional devices, such as field effect transistors, to channel lengths of around 100 nm is a clear path to the miniaturization of electronics with the related benefits. It is the hope of utilizing effects obtained with an additional ten times reduction in dimensions that drives the study of nanoscale devices based on new operating principles.
