Carbon nanotube transistors

Carbon nanotube transistors are primed to overtake silicon-based transistors in the near future due to their ideal electrical and thermal properties. Carbon nanotube transistors will be smaller, run at a much higher frequency, consume less energy, and can even made into free form factors. Carbon nanotubes have the potential to be the ultimate semiconductor material for future transistors.

The semiconductor industry has worked with silicon-based transistors for more than half a century. This trend can be attributed to Moore’s Law, which states that transistor density is expected to double every year. However, we are soon approaching the physical limits of silicon-based transistors.

Carbon nanotube transistors are primed to overtake silicon-based transistors in the near future due to their ideal electrical and thermal properties. CNT transistors will be smaller, run at a much higher frequency, consume less energy, and can even made into free form factors. Carbon nanotubes have the potential to be the ultimate semiconductor material for future transistors.