INTRODUCTION

GRAPHENE TRANSISTOR:-

A graphene transistor is a nanoscale device based on

graphene, a component of graphite with electronic properties far superior to those of
silicon. The device is a single-electron transistor, which means that a single electron
passes through it at any one time. A research team led by Professor Andre Geim of the
Manchester Centre for Mesoscience andNanote chnolog y built agraphene transistor and
described it in the March 2007 issue ofN a t ure magazine. Scientists have predicted that
graphene transistors could scale to transistor channels as small as two nanometers (nm)
withter ahertz speeds. The base of the graphene transistor is graphene

Now before going to discuss aboutgraphem e

transistor(carbon nanotubes) lets take a brief introduction about GRAPHENE.
GRAPHENE
Introduction:-
Graphene is a
one-atom-thick planar sheet of sp2 -bonded carbon atoms that are
densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. It can be viewed as an atomic-scale
chicken
wire made of carbon atoms and their bonds. The name comes

fromGRAPHITE +-ENE;graphite itself consists of many graphene sheets stacked

together. Carbon is one of the most versatile chemical elements. Because it can form
single, double and triple bonds, it forms thousands of chemical compounds, and has
numerous elemental structures, or allotropes. The most common allotropes of carbon are
diamond and graphite. Diamond consists of carbon atoms single-bonded to four other
carbon atoms producing a tetrahedral crystal lattice. Its structure leads to its extreme
hardness and thermal conductivity, but diamond is a very poor electrical conductor. In
contrast, graphite consists of stacked layers of carbon sheets. Within an individual carbon
sheet, known as graphene, the carbon atoms are sp2 hybridized and form a planar
hexagonal lattice. The sp2 hybridization means that the carbons areσ-bonded in the plane,
but are alsoπ-bonded above and below the plane. Graphene thus possesses one of the
strongest bonds in nature and has a very high tensile