Nanomaterials in transistors: From high-performance to thin-film applications

Abstract

Improving transistors with nanomaterials High-performance silicon transistors and thin-film transistors used in display technologies are fundamentally limited to miniaturization. Incorporating nanomaterials—such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and related two-dimensional materials like molybdenum disulfide—into these devices as gate materials may circumvent some of these limitations. Franklin reviews the opportunities and challenges for incorporating nanomaterials into transistors to improve performance. Because high-performance transistors are distinct from thin-film transistors, incorporating them into flexible or transparent platforms raises new challenges. Science , this issue 10.1126/science.aab2750