--- title: "Semiconductor Technology" slug: "semiconductor" discipline: "Engineering / Materials Science" description: "Advanced semiconductor manufacturing and design. Covers chip fabrication below 3nm, EUV lithography, novel materials, chiplet architectures, and neuromorphic computing." icon: "đŸ’»" url: "https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor" api: "https://science-database.com/api/v1/technology/semiconductor" llms_txt: "https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/llms.txt" articles_indexed: 15 last_updated: "2026-04-11T07:43:44.139Z" search_terms: - "semiconductor chip nanometer fabrication" - "EUV lithography advanced packaging" - "neuromorphic computing chip design" source: "science-database.com" license: "metadata CC0, abstracts belong to respective publishers" --- # Semiconductor Technology Advanced semiconductor manufacturing and design. Covers chip fabrication below 3nm, EUV lithography, novel materials, chiplet architectures, and neuromorphic computing. **Discipline:** Engineering / Materials Science **Indexed Papers:** 15 **Last Updated:** 2026-04-11 ## Top Publications Ranked by citation impact across Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex & arXiv. ### The path towards sustainable energy - **Authors:** Steven Chu, Yi Cui, Nian Liu - **Journal:** Nature Materials - **Published:** 2016-12-20 - **DOI:** [10.1038/nmat4834](https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4834) - **Citations:** 4,611 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1361156) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2564178799/llms.txt) ### Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering - **Authors:** Judith Langer, Dorleta JimĂ©nez de Aberasturi, Javier Aizpurua, RamĂłn A. Álvarez‐Puebla, Baptiste AuguiĂ©, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Guillermo C. Bazan, Steven E. J. Bell, Anja Boisen, Alexandre G. Brolo, Jaebum Choo, Dana Cialla‐May, Volker Deckert, Laura Fabris, Karen Faulds, F. Javier Garcı́a de Abajo, Royston Goodacre, Duncan Graham, Amanda J. Haes, Christy L. Haynes, Christian Huck, Tamitake Itoh, Mikael KĂ€ll, Janina Kneipp, Nicholas A. Kotov, Hua Kuang, Eric C. Le Ru, Hiang Kwee Lee, Jian‐Feng Li, Xing Yi Ling, Stefan A. Maier, Thomas G. Mayerhöfer, Martin Moskovits, Kei Murakoshi, Jwa‐Min Nam, Shuming Nie, Yukihiro Ozaki, Isabel Pastoriza‐Santos, Jorge PĂ©rez‐Juste, JĂŒrgen Popp, Annemarie Pucci, Stephanie Reich, Bin Ren, George C. Schatz, Timur Shegai, Sebastian SchlĂŒcker, Li‐Lin Tay, K. George Thomas, Zhong‐Qun Tian, Richard P. Van Duyne, Tuan Vo‐Dinh, Yue Wang, Katherine A. Willets, Chuanlai Xu, Hongxing Xu, Yikai Xu, Yuko S. Yamamoto, Bing Zhao, Luis M. Liz‐MarzĂĄn - **Journal:** ACS Nano - **Published:** 2019-09-03 - **DOI:** [10.1021/acsnano.9b04224](https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b04224) - **Citations:** 3,636 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=e38fec49-0637-43f8-beb0-09dae6a7621f) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2971763914/llms.txt) > The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical techniques. Significant experimental and theoretical effort has been directed toward understanding the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect and demonstrating its potential in various types of ultrasensitive sensing appli... ### Nanoscale thermal transport - **Authors:** David G. Cahill, W. K. Ford, Kenneth E. Goodson, G. D. Mahan, Arun Majumdar, Humphrey J. Maris, R. MerlĂ­n, Simon R. Phillpot - **Journal:** Journal of Applied Physics - **Published:** 2003-01-03 - **DOI:** [10.1063/1.1524305](https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1524305) - **Citations:** 3,115 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.1524305) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2086778233/llms.txt) > Rapid progress in the synthesis and processing of materials with structure on nanometer length scales has created a demand for greater scientific understanding of thermal transport in nanoscale devices, individual nanostructures, and nanostructured materials. This review emphasizes developments in experiment, theory, and computation that have occurred in the past ten years and summarizes the prese... ### Transport phenomena in nanofluidics - **Authors:** Reto B. Schoch, Jongyoon Han, Philippe Renaud - **Journal:** Reviews of Modern Physics - **Published:** 2008-07-17 - **DOI:** [10.1103/revmodphys.80.839](https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.80.839) - **Citations:** 1,865 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](http://link.aps.org/pdf/10.1103/RevModPhys.80.839) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2130869501/llms.txt) > The transport of fluid in and around nanometer-sized objects with at least one characteristic dimension below $100\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{nm}$ enables the occurrence of phenomena that are impossible at bigger length scales. This research field was only recently termed nanofluidics, but it has deep roots in science and technology. Nanofluidics has experienced considerable growth in recen... ### A Review on Biosensors and Recent Development of Nanostructured Materials-Enabled Biosensors - **Authors:** V. Naresh, Nohyun Lee - **Journal:** Sensors - **Published:** 2021-02-05 - **DOI:** [10.3390/s21041109](https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041109) - **Citations:** 1,856 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/4/1109/pdf?version=1612938313) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W3126951392/llms.txt) > A biosensor is an integrated receptor-transducer device, which can convert a biological response into an electrical signal. The design and development of biosensors have taken a center stage for researchers or scientists in the recent decade owing to the wide range of biosensor applications, such as health care and disease diagnosis, environmental monitoring, water and food quality monitoring, and... ### Ultrafast lasers—reliable tools for advanced materials processing - **Authors:** Koji Sugioka, Ya Cheng - **Journal:** Light Science & Applications - **Published:** 2014-04-11 - **DOI:** [10.1038/lsa.2014.30](https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2014.30) - **Citations:** 1,452 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://www.nature.com/articles/lsa201430.pdf) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W1979415838/llms.txt) > The unique characteristics of ultrafast lasers, such as picosecond and femtosecond lasers, have opened up new avenues in materials processing that employ ultrashort pulse widths and extremely high peak intensities. Thus, ultrafast lasers are currently used widely for both fundamental research and practical applications. This review describes the characteristics of ultrafast laser processing and th... ### Silicon Device Scaling to the Sub-10-nm Regime - **Authors:** M. Ieong, B. Doris, J. Kedzierski, K. Rim, Min Yang - **Journal:** Science - **Published:** 2004-12-16 - **DOI:** [10.1126/science.1100731](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1100731) - **Citations:** 566 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2007104515/llms.txt) > In the next decade, advances in complementary metal-oxide semiconductor fabrication will lead to devices with gate lengths (the region in the device that switches the current flow on and off) below 10 nanometers (nm), as compared with current gate lengths in chips that are now about 50 nm. However, conventional scaling will no longer be sufficient to continue device performance by creating smaller... ### Architectures for molecular electronic computers. I. Logic structures and an adder designed from molecular electronic diodes - **Authors:** James C. Ellenbogen, J. Christopher Love - **Journal:** Proceedings of the IEEE - **Published:** 2000-03-01 - **DOI:** [10.1109/5.838115](https://doi.org/10.1109/5.838115) - **Citations:** 411 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2110408336/llms.txt) > Recently, there have been significant advances in the fabrication and demonstration of individual molecular electronic wires and diode switches. This paper reviews those developments and shows how demonstrated molecular devices might be combined to design molecular-scale electronic digital computer logic. The design for the demonstrated rectifying molecular diode switches is refined and made more ... ### Sub-10 nm fabrication: methods and applications - **Authors:** Yiqin Chen, Zhiwen Shu, Shi Zhang, Pei Zeng, Huikang Liang, Mengjie Zheng, Huigao Duan - **Journal:** International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing - **Published:** 2021-06-04 - **DOI:** [10.1088/2631-7990/ac087c](https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ac087c) - **Citations:** 200 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ac087c) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W3166690669/llms.txt) > Abstract Reliable fabrication of micro/nanostructures with sub-10 nm features is of great significance for advancing nanoscience and nanotechnology. While the capability of current complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip manufacturing can produce structures on the sub-10 nm scale, many emerging applications, such as nano-optics, biosensing, and quantum devices, also require ultrasmall ... ### Nanopatterns with Biological Functions - **Authors:** Thomas M. BlĂ€ttler, Christoph Huwiler, Mirjam Ochsner, Brigitte StĂ€dler, Harun H. Solak, JĂĄnos Vörös, H. Michelle Grandin - **Journal:** Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - **Published:** 2006-07-20 - **DOI:** [10.1166/jnn.2006.501](https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2006.501) - **Citations:** 110 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2061833861/llms.txt) > Both curiosity and a desire for efficiency have advanced our ability to manipulate materials with great precision on the micrometer and, more recently, on the nanometer scale. Certainly, the semiconductor and integrated circuit industry has put the pressure on scientist and engineers to develop better and faster nanofabrication techniques. Furthermore, our curiosity as to how life works, and how i... ### Semiconductor nanowire plasmonic lasers - **Authors:** Chun Li, Zhen Liu, Jie Chen, Yan Gao, Meili Li, Qing Zhang - **Journal:** Nanophotonics - **Published:** 2018-06-01 - **DOI:** [10.1515/nanoph-2019-0206](https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2019-0206) - **Citations:** 45 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2019-0206) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2982544440/llms.txt) > Abstract Semiconductor nanowires (NW) hold great promise for micro/nanolasers owing to their naturally formed resonant microcavity, tightly confined electromagnetic field, and outstanding capability of integration with planar waveguide for on‐chip optoelectronic applications. However, constrained by the optical diffraction limit, the dimension of semiconductor lasers cannot be smaller than half th... ### Three-dimensional transistors and integration based on low-dimensional materials for the post-Moore’s law era - **Authors:** Xiaoyue Wang, Chi Liu, Yuning Wei, Shun Feng, Dongming Sun, Hui–Ming Cheng - **Journal:** Materials Today - **Published:** 2022-12-24 - **DOI:** [10.1016/j.mattod.2022.11.023](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2022.11.023) - **Citations:** 45 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W4312203805/llms.txt) ### Block copolymer directed self-assembly enables sublithographic patterning for device fabrication - **Authors:** H.‐S. Philip Wong, Chris Bencher, He Yi, Xinyu Bao, Li‐Wen Chang - **Journal:** Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE - **Published:** 2012-03-01 - **DOI:** [10.1117/12.918312](https://doi.org/10.1117/12.918312) - **Citations:** 41 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/8323/832303/Block-copolymer-directed-self-assembly-enables-sublithographic-patterning-for-device/10.1117/12.918312.pdf) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2068165923/llms.txt) > The use of block copolymer self-assembly for device fabrication in the semiconductor industry has been envisioned for over a decade. Early works by the groups of Hawker, Russell, and Nealey [1-2] have shown a high degree of dimensional control of the self-assembled features over large areas with high degree of ordering. The exquisite dimensional control at nanometer-scale feature sizes is one of t... ### Semi-synthetic DNA–protein conjugates: novel tools in analytics and nanobiotechnology - **Authors:** Christof M. Niemeyer - **Journal:** Biochemical Society Transactions - **Published:** 2004-02-01 - **DOI:** [10.1042/bst0320051](https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0320051) - **Citations:** 38 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W2109465126/llms.txt) > This article reports on the syntheses, characterization and applications of semi-synthetic conjugates composed of nucleic acids, proteins and inorganic nanoparticles. For example, self-assembled oligomeric networks consisting of streptavidin and double-stranded DNA are applicable as reagents in immunoassays, model systems for ion-switchable nanoparticle networks as well as nanometer-scaled 'soft m... ### Solution-Processed Epitaxial Growth of Arbitrary Surface Nanopatterns on Hybrid Perovskite Monocrystalline Thin Films - **Authors:** Jinshuai Zhang, Qin Guo, X. Li, Chao Li, Kan Wu, Isaac Abrahams, Haixue Yan, Martin M. Knight, C. J. Humphreys, Lei Su - **Journal:** ACS Nano - **Published:** 2020-08-27 - **DOI:** [10.1021/acsnano.9b08553](https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b08553) - **Citations:** 33 - **Source:** OpenAlex - **Access:** Open Access - **PDF:** [Download](https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/66750/2/Su%20Solution-Processed%20Epitaxial%202020%20Accepted.pdf) - **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/semiconductor/paper/oa-W3080930301/llms.txt) > Semiconductor surface patterning at the nanometer scale is crucial for high-performance optical, electronic, and photovoltaic devices. To date, surface nanostructures on organic-inorganic single-crystal perovskites have been achieved mainly through destructive methods such as electron-beam lithography and focused ion beam milling. Here, we present a solution-based epitaxial growth method for creat... --- *Generated by [science-database.com](https://science-database.com) — The Knowledge Interface* *Full data available via [JSON API](https://science-database.com/api/v1/technology/semiconductor)*