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How to report and benchmark emerging field-effect transistors

One of the challenges encountered by research on novel electronic devices is to compare devices based on different materials in a consistent way.RWTH Professor Max Lemme and colleagues from USA, China, and Belgium have now proposed a set of clear guidelines for benchmarking key parameters …

6th Symposium on Schottky Barrier MOS (SB-MOS) devices

The 6th Symposium on Schottky Barrier MOS (SB-MOS) deviceswas held on September 8, 2022at the Competence Center for Nanotechnology and Photonics atTHM – University of Applied Sciences. It was organized by the EDS Germany Chapter and co-sponsored by THM. It was attended by approx. 50 participants …

MiniColloqium on Memristive Devices

The EDS Germany Chapter organized a hybrid MiniColloqium entitled “Memristive Devices” on September 7, 2022. It was held in the timeframe of the 6th Schottky Barrier Symposium on MOS Devices at the Competence Center for Nanotechnology and Photonics (NanoP) of THM – University of Applied …

Learning From the Brain to Save Energy

Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen Universitywant to create a leading international location for neuromorphic AI hardwaretogether with companies from the region.
Establishing a technological basis for neuroinspired AI hardware from Europe – that is the goal of the NeuroSys future cluster and the NEUROTEC …

HealingAchilles heel of two-dimensional transistors

Stability – in the sense of stable operation thorough lifetime – is one of the key characteristics that an electronic device need to present to be suitable for applications. And it is the Achilles heel of transistors based on two-dimensional materials, which typically show much …