Nanocarbon structures for electronic applications — A critical review

In this paper research on nano-carbon structures for applications beyond CMOS devices is reviewed. Progress in the synthesis, processing and integration of ultra-thin conducting carbon films, graphene and nanotubes for applications such as interconnects, transistors, spintronics and sensing are critically reviewed. This paper present a comprehensive study on large scale CVD grown graphene films and investigate the effects of transfer, structuring and annealing procedures. A comparative study of Raman, AFM, and XPS shows that carefully controlled processing conditions lead to the reproducible manufacture of graphene device arrays.