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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 377 - 378 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.197

Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices

Nanodevices: Charge of the heavy brigade

Victor V. Zhirnov1 & Ralph K. Cavin1

  1. Victor V. Zhirnov and Ralph K. Cavin are at the Semiconductor Research Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
    e-mail: Victor.Zhirnov@src.org


Hybrid devices that rely on the movement of both electrons and ions might one day challenge conventional silicon electronics by exploiting both classical and quantum electron transport.

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