GE Global Research Develops World's Best Performing Carbon Nanotube Diode.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, July, 2004

July 7, 2004 - GE Global Research in Niskayuna, N.Y., has developed what it says is the world's best performing diode built from a carbon nanotube. The nano-diode will enable smaller and faster electronic devices with increased functionality and, as such, is one of the smallest functioning devices ever made.

The GE Nanotechnology Advanced Technology program reported its discovery in the cover story of the July 5 edition of Applied Physics Letters. Diodes, as fundamental semiconductor devices, form the basic building blocks of electronic devices, such as transistors, computer chips, sensors, and light emitting diodes (LEDs). GE's carbon nanotube device can perform multiple functions as a diode and two different types of transistors. The capabilities should...

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