Pionics: the Emerging Science and Technology of Graphene-based Nanoelectronics

Extremely thin extend layers of graphene are readily grown epitaxially on single crystal silicon carbide surfaces. This material can be patterned using microelectronics lithography methods to produce all-graphene interconnected device structures. The current status of this new field of electronics is presented including the properties of several patterned devices like Hall bars and top and side gated FETs. The important role of pi electrons and their non-conventional properties of this electronic material warrants the designation of pionics for this new field of graphene-based electronics.