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3D Biofabricated high-perfoRmance dna-carbon nanotube dIgital electroniCKS

Project
Silicon-based (CMOS) technology is approaching its performance limits, but the demand for more powerful computers — driven by rapid advances in applications such as the Internet of Things, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) — remains. The discovery of various nanomaterials provides new opportunities to further develop information processing technology. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have, in particular, been shown to have excellent properties for application as a channel material in transistors. Computers based on CNT field-effect transistors (FETs) have been theoretically predicted to provide a power-performance improvement of ten times over computers based on silicon CMOS technology. However, the fabrication of high-performance CNT-FETs, and the realization of the full potential of CNTs, is highly challenging. A technological revolution would be a reliable approach to fabricate a new family of CNT based devices that could enable aligned arrangement of the nanotubes avoiding the critical steps related to nanolithography. In particular, biofabrication using DNA-templated CNT arrays FETs has been demonstrated to further scale the alignment of CNTs in the FETs well beyond standard lithographic feasibility. 3D-BRICKS will raise this concept of integrated self-assembly CNT-FETs to a completely new level by moving towards the third dimension. Indeed, the versatility of DNA nanotechnology will be the root for conceiving 3-dimensional (3D) CNT-FETs designs. Moreover, DNA nanotechnology will also enable to complement the CNT deposition with metallic connections, hence realizing a working FETs. This approach will reduce the foot-print of the final device while enhancing its efficiency, hence providing a breakthrough solution to realize the next-generation digital logics. Our approaches will enable the production of scalable biotemplated electronics that can be extended to multiple applications such as metamaterials, sensors, optoelectronics, and others.
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Overview

Contributor

GAROLI Denis   Scientific Manager  

Leading department

Department of Sciences and Method for Engineering   Principale  

Term type

HORIZON EUROPE

Financier

COMMISSIONE EUROPEA
Funding Organization

Partner

Università degli Studi di MODENA e REGGIO EMILIA

Total Contribution (assigned) University (EUR)

203,250€

Date/time interval

May 1, 2023 - December 31, 2026

Project duration

44 months

Skills

Concepts (5)


PE11_9 - Nanomaterials engineering, e.g. nanoparticles, nanoporous materials, 1D & 2D nanomaterials - (2022)

PE3_10 - Nanophysics, e.g. nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanomagnetism, nanoelectromechanics - (2022)

PE3_4 - Electronic properties of materials, surfaces, interfaces, nanostructures - (2022)

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale

Research Outputs

Research outputs (3)

DNA‐Origami‐Assembled Rhodium Nanoantennas for Deep‐UV Label‐Free Single‐Protein Detection 
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
2026
Academic Article
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Disordered plasmonic system with dense copper nano-island morphology 
NANOPHOTONICS
2025
Academic Article
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UV-SERS monitoring of plasmonic photodegradation of biomolecules on aluminum platforms decorated with rhodium nanoparticles 
NANOSCALE ADVANCES
2025
Academic Article
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