In a paper recently published in Nature Electronics, an international research team from Italy, Germany, the UK and China explored important development directions in the field of electronic devices (Nanoscale Curved Geometries to Probe Electronics) with curved geometries. From microelectronic devices with mechanical properties to large nanomembrane containing electronic sensor systems that can provide performance.
Scientists say that the exciting properties of nanoscale curvature enable them to define an entirely new field: curved nanoelectronics. This article examines in detail the sources of nanoscale curvature effects and demonstrates their potential applications in electronic, spintronic and superconducting devices. The curved solid state structure also offers many application opportunities.
At the microscopic level, deformation in electronic nanochannels creates a complex three-dimensional structure with unlimited potential for new ideas in spin-orbitronics, which will help to create efficient electronic devices. The curvature effect can also promote, in the metal half of the nanowire, the generation of topological layers that can be used in nanodevices important for quantum technologies, such as quantum metrology. In the case of magnetism, curvilinear geometry produces direct magnetic changes by creating an effective magnetic anisotropy, thus demonstrating strong potential for magnetism design.
Dr Ivan Vera-Marun of the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester said: “Nanoscale deformation and deformation has a significant effect on graphene and its 2D properties. The development and preparation of high-resolution extended films, and the possibility of reproducing these structures incorrectly after they are made, have provided the first experimental tests in how the next generation of electronics will be compatible with things can be connected.
The article also describes important methods to synthesize and characterize curvilinear nanostructures, including complex 3D nanoarchitectures such as semiconductor nanomembranes and wrapped sandwiches of 2D materials, showing key areas for future development in (Nanoscale Curved Geometries to Probe Electronics) curved nanoelectronics.
