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Research scientists from CEA-Leti have illustrated that electrons and other charge carriers have the potential to move faster in germanium tin compared to germanium or silicon, thereby allowing lower operation voltages and compact footprints vertically than in planar devices.

At the Forschungszentrum Jülich, a new kind of transistor from germanium–tin alloy has been fabricated by scientists. The alloy comes with numerous benefits over traditional switching elements.