NEC scientists create ’stable’ carbon nanotube fabrication process

“NEC scientists have figured out how to make the basic components of a carbon nanotube (CNT) transistor using a ’stable fabrication technology’.

CNTs are cylinders of carbon atoms just a few nanometres in diameter. The arrangement of the atoms is similar to that found in fullerenes - the near-spherical carbon structures also known as buckyballs. CNTs represent one of the materials chip designers hope to use when today’s silicon techniques reach the end of their useful life thanks to ever-shrinking process technology.”

From the NEC press release:
“TOKYO, September 19, 2003 - NEC Corporation today announced development of stable fabrication technology for carbon nanotube (note 1) transistors. Through this development NEC verified that CNT transistors produced by using this fabrication technology attain more than 10 times greater transconductance (note 2) than silicon MOS transistors.”