Single-electron devices (SEDs) are attracting a lot of attention because of their capability of
manipulating just one electron. For their operation, they utilize the Coulomb blockade (CB) …

This article is a review of an area of solid state physics which has come to be known as
mesoscopic devices. These structures have an active region ranging in size from 100 AA to …

This paper presents room-temperature operation, for the first time, of single-electron
memory, in which one electron represents one bit of information. This is made possible by …

Examining the physical and technical foundation for recent progress with this technique,
Applied Scanning Probe Methods offers a timely and comprehensive overview of SPM …

Starting with a brief review on the single-electron memory and its significance among
various single-electron devices, this paper addresses the key issues which one inevitably …

A single‐electron memory cell, in which one bit of information is represented by the excess
or shortfall of a precise number of electrons, is described. An experimental memory circuit …

A Si single-electron transistor (SET) was fabricated by converting a one-dimensional (1-D)
Si wire on a SIMOX substrate into a small Si island with a tunneling barrier at each end by …

The rapid advancement of the microelectronics industry has continued in nearly exponential
fashion for the past 30 years. Continuous progress has been made in miniaturizing …

Single electron traps have been shown to hold a single charge for over 2 h at 50 mK (limited
by observation time). The traps, each with an array of seven Al/AlO x/Al tunnel junctions of …

A single-electron memory was fabricated using the improved pulse-mode atomic force
microscopy nano oxidation process which oxidized the surface of the thin titanium (Ti) metal …