Reduction in size often does more than simply make things smaller. There are many
properties of materials that undergo qualitative, often sudden, changes below a certain size …

The study of single-electron phenomena associated with tunnelling in semiconductor
nanostructures has emerged in recent years as a major forefront of condensed matter …

Single-electronics is a fascinating technology which reveals new physical effects of charge
transport. It has many benefits and great figure of merits but also several open challenges …

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 …

Clear Coulomb blockade effects have been observed in lateral metal nanostructures
fabricated by combined electron beam lithography and ionized beam deposition. Islands …

We have carried out a theoretical analysis of the possible performance of single‐electron
transistors with capacitive coupling in simple logic and memory circuits. Both resistively …

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 book reviews research on single-electron devices and circuits in silicon. These devices
provide a means to control electronic charge at the one-electron level and are promising …

A compact single-electron memory cell has been fabricated in silicon using a process that is
compatible with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor circuit fabrication. The device …

Single-electronics is believed to be the leading candidate for future digital electronics which
will be able to operate at~ 10 nm size scale and below. However, the problems of integrated …