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  • Electronics Engineering
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) architectures face limitations in functional diversification and adaptability.
  • Advancing electronics requires novel switching units that surpass static capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the potential of one-dimensional monocrystalline and monolithic Al-Ge-based nanowire heterostructures.
  • To achieve charge carrier polarity control and programmable negative differential resistance (NDR) in a single device.
  • To enable energy-efficient reconfigurable circuits with multivalued operability for artificial intelligence (AI) electronics.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of one-dimensional Al-Ge-based nanowire heterostructures.
  • Characterization of the electrical properties, including charge carrier polarity control.
  • Demonstration of programmable negative differential resistance (NDR) at runtime.

Main Results:

  • Successfully exploited the one-dimensional nature of Al-Ge nanowire heterostructures.
  • Achieved distinct charge carrier polarity control.
  • Enabled programmable negative differential resistance (NDR) functionality.
  • Demonstrated the fusion of electron and hole conduction with NDR.

Conclusions:

  • The developed universal adaptive transistor integrates electron and hole conduction with NDR.
  • This technology paves the way for energy-efficient, reconfigurable circuits.
  • The findings are crucial for the development of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) electronics.