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Single electron electronics: Challenge for nanofabrication

Ahmed, 1997

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1554926633779328700
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Ahmed H
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena

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Single electronics has the potential to overcome the limitations of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology as device dimensions shrink towards the 10 nm scale. The basis of single electronics is the Coulomb blockade of electron transport which …
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