
July 3, 2015 16:15 PSP Book - 9in x 6in 01-Kasper-Moth-Poulsen-c01
Chapter 1
Introduction
Kasper Moth-Poulsen
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 41296 Sweden
kasper.moth-poulsen@chalmers.se
Microfabrication and field-effect transistors are two key enabling
technologies for today’s information society. It is hard to imagine su-
perfast and omnipresent electronic devices, information technology,
the Internet, and mobile communication technologies without the
access to continuously cheaper and miniaturized microprocessors.
The giant leap in performance of microprocessors from the first
personal computing ...