List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

AP ... Acoustic phonons
CMOS ... Complementary MOS
CNT ... Carbon nanotube
CNT-FET ... Carbon nanotube FET
CVD ... Chemical vapor deposition
DG ... Double-gate
DOS ... Density of states
FET ... Field-effect transistor
ITRS ... International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
MOS ... Metal-oxide-semiconductor
MOSFET ... MOS field-effect transistor
NEGF ... Non-equilibrium GREEN's function
OP ... Optical phonons
RBM ... Radial breathing mode
SEM ... Scanning electron microscopy
SB ... SCHOTTKY barrier
SG ... Single-gate
TB ... Tight-binding
VSP ... VIENNA SCHRÖDINGER-POISSON solver
SW-CNT ... Single wall CNT
MW-CNT ... Multi wall CNT

M. Pourfath: Numerical Study of Quantum Transport in Carbon Nanotube-Based Transistors