Pandey Parijat
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak -124001, India.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gurugram University, Gurugram -122018, Haryana, India.
Recent Pat Nanotechnol. 2022;16(1):45-66. doi: 10.2174/1872210515666210120114504.
Nanotechnology assures to be the base of the upcoming industrial revolution. The role that nanotechnology plays in electronic devices became a question of concern among the researchers when nanotechnology started to be the focal point of research programs in the developed and developing countries of the world. Nanoelectronics, formed by combining nanotechnology and electronics, deals with the handling, characterization, engineering, and manufacturing of electronic devices at the nanoscale.
By reducing the size of materials, their electronic properties alter, and inter-atomic interactions and quantum effects gain significant importance. The challenge lies in interpreting their electronic properties at nanoscale so that they can be exploited for use in new generation electronic devices. The need to trim downsize and have a higher component density have ushered us into an era of nanoelectronics.
This work presents a detailed review of nanotechnology, its approach towards nanoelectronics, classification and types of nanomaterials used in nanoelectronics, application areas of nanoelectronics and measuring instruments with characterization at nanoscale. Also, the work incorporates latest developments and patents in nanoelectronics.
In this manuscript, the authors have reviewed different aspects of nanotechnology in the field of electronics, recent patents and related advancements.
纳米技术有望成为即将到来的工业革命的基础。当纳米技术开始成为世界发达国家和发展中国家研究项目的焦点时，纳米技术在电子设备中所起的作用就成了研究人员关注的问题。纳米电子学是通过将纳米技术与电子学相结合而形成的，它涉及纳米尺度电子设备的处理、表征、工程和制造。
通过减小材料尺寸，其电子特性会发生改变，原子间相互作用和量子效应变得至关重要。挑战在于解释其在纳米尺度的电子特性，以便将其用于新一代电子设备。缩小尺寸和提高组件密度的需求使我们进入了纳米电子学时代。
本文详细综述了纳米技术、其在纳米电子学方面的方法、纳米电子学中使用的纳米材料的分类和类型、纳米电子学的应用领域以及纳米尺度表征的测量仪器。此外，该工作还纳入了纳米电子学的最新发展和专利。
在本手稿中，作者综述了电子领域纳米技术的不同方面、近期专利及相关进展。
