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Outperforming The Conventional Scaling Rules In The Quantum-Capacitance Limit, Joachim Knoch, W Riess, Joerg Appenzeller

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We present a study on the scaling behavior of field-effect transistors in the quantum-capacitance limit (QCL). It will be shown that a significant performance improvement in terms of the power delay product can be obtained in devices scaled toward the QCL. As a result, nanowires or nanotubes exhibiting a 1-D transport are a premier choice as active channel materials for transistor devices since the QCL can be attained in such systems.