Transistors play a central role in many electronic circuits, where they usually function as either a switch or an amplifier. This book reviews research in the field of transistors including a new class of transistors whose channels are made from semiconducting carbon nanomaterials; the evolution of these designs and the highlights of the work that has driven their development. Also discussed, herein, are the electronic properties and self-consistent simulations of carbon nanotubes in transistor technology; the future developments in the nanowire field-effect transistor research area; and the implementation of chaotic oscillators by using transistors designed with CMOS integrated circuit technology and others.

Table of Contents

Preface; Carbon Nanomaterial Transistors & Circuits; Electronic Properties & Self Consistent Simulations of Carbon Nanotubes in Transistor Technology; Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors; Operating Characteristics of MOSFETS in Chaotic Oscillators; On the Variational Inequalities Approach to Study Electrical Circuits with Transistors; Photocurrent Study of the Transport Mechanism in Molecular Self-Assembling Field Effect Transistors; Organic Field-Effect Transistors : Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives as Highly Promising Organic Semiconductors; Index.