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Carbon Nanotubes for Nanoelectronics and Microelectronic Devices

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Nanomaterials have a variety of chemical, physical, mechanical, and electrical properties that are interesting and useful. Carbon nanotubes, out of all the nanomaterials utilized in nanoelectronics, are particularly essential due to their exceptional electrical properties. CNTs could be employed as a basic component in the development of new electronic devices. Depending on certain and discrete (“chiral”) angles and tube radii, they can act as metals or semiconductors. Carbon nanotubes make it possible to create gadgets on nanometric scales. They can be employed in projects that include diodes, transistors, connecting elements, field emission sources, and other electrical and optoelectronic components. This chapter summarizes the current state of the art in this field, stressing the multiple carbon nanotube features and applications that take advantage of CNTs’ unique aspect ratio, mechanical strength, as well as electrical and thermal conductivity.

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    Anju K. Nair & Kala M. S

  2. Department of Physics, Mar Thoma College for Women, Perumbavoor, India

    Paulose Thomas

  3. International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India

    Nandakumar Kalarikkal

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Nair, A.K., Thomas, P., M. S, K., Kalarikkal, N. (2022). Carbon Nanotubes for Nanoelectronics and Microelectronic Devices. In: Abraham, J., Thomas, S., Kalarikkal, N. (eds) Handbook of Carbon Nanotubes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70614-6_33-1

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