2D Semiconductor Materials Creep Toward Manufacturing


As transistors scale down, they need thinner channels to achieve adequate channel control. In silicon, though, surface roughness scattering degrades mobility, limiting the ultimate channel thickness to about 3nm. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS2 and WSe2, are attractive in part because they avoid this limitation. With no out-of-plane dangling bonds and at... » read more

Wafer Scale Transfer of 2D Materials, Graphene


A new technical paper titled "Assessment of Wafer-Level Transfer Techniques of Graphene with Respect to Semiconductor Industry Requirements" was published by researchers at Infineon Technologies AG, RWTH Aachen University, Protemics, and Advantest. Abstract "Graphene is a promising candidate for future electronic applications. Manufacturing graphene-based electronic devices typically requ... » read more

2D-Materials-Based Electronic Circuits (KAUST and TSMC)


A special edition article titled "Electronic Circuits made of 2D Materials" was just published by Dr. Mario Lanza, KAUST Associate Professor of Material Science and Engineering, and Iuliana Radu, corporate researcher at TSMC. This special issue covers 21 articles from leading subject matter experts, ranging from materials synthesis and their integration in micro/nano-electronic devices and c... » read more

New Method For Determining How 2D Materials Expand (MIT)


A new technical paper titled "A unified approach and descriptor for the thermal expansion of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers" was published by researchers at MIT and Southern University of Science and Technology (China). "A new technique that accurately measures how atom-thin materials expand when heated could help engineers develop faster, more powerful electronic... » read more

Full Wafer Integration of Aggressively Scaled 2D-Based Logic Circuits (Imec)


A technical paper titled "Challenges of Wafer-Scale Integration of 2D Semiconductors for High-Performance Transistor Circuits" was published by researchers at Imec. "The introduction of highly scaled 2D-based circuits for high-performance logic applications in production is projected to be implemented after the Si-sheet-based CFET devices. Here, a view on the requirements needed for full waf... » read more

Wafer Scale Tool To Transfer Graphene


A new technical paper titled "Assessment of wafer-level transfer techniques of graphene with respect to semiconductor industry requirements" was published by researchers at RWTH Aachen University, AMO GmbH, Infineon Technologies, Protemics GmbH, and Advantest Europe. Abstract (partial): "Graphene is a promising candidate for future electronic applications. Manufacturing graphene-based elect... » read more

Hardware Platform Based on 2D Memtransistors


A new technical paper titled "Hardware implementation of Bayesian network based on two-dimensional memtransistors" from researchers at Penn State University. "In this work, we demonstrate hardware implementation of a BN [Bayesian networks] using a monolithic memtransistor technology based on two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as monolayer MoS2. First, we experimentally demonstrate a lo... » read more

Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography


A new technical paper titled "Edge-Contact MoS2 Transistors Fabricated Using Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography" was published by researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). "Thermal scanning probe lithography (t-SPL) is a gentle alternative to the typically used electron beam lithography to fabricate these devices avoiding the use of electrons, which are well known to... » read more

Functional-Engineered MXene Transistors


A new technical paper titled "High-throughput design of functional-engineered MXene transistors with low-resistive contacts" was published by researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. Abstract (partial): "Two-dimensional material-based transistors are being extensively investigated for CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology extension; nevertheless, down... » read more

Implementations of 2D Material-Based Devices For IoT Security


A new research paper titled "Application of 2D Materials in Hardware Security for Internet-of-Things: Progress and Perspective" was published by researchers at National University of Singapore and A*STAR. The paper explores the "implementation of hardware security using 2D materials, for example, true random number generators (TRNGs), physical unclonable functions (PUFs), camouflage, and ant... » read more

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