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Preface
Nanoelectronics is an emerging trillion-dollar industry. When it matures several
years from now, it will include all the current microelectronics prevalent in our
everyday lives (cell phones, computers, networks, etc.). These will be transformed
by reducing the feature size down to tens of nanometers, adding nanodevices, nano-
sensors, and nanoactuators, and developing new device structures. Nanoelectronics
will be prevalent in all aspects of our lives (communications, computing, storage,
display, and energy generation). Nanosemiconductors are an essential part of that
nanoelectronics vision.
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