Abstract: A vertical nonvolatile memory device may include a channel layer extending in a first direction; a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of spacers each extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, the plurality of gate electrodes and the plurality of spacers being alternately arranged with each other in the first direction; and a gate insulating layer extending in the first direction between the channel layer and the plurality of gate electrodes. Each of the plurality of gate electrodes may include a metal-doped graphene.

Abstract: Provided are an interconnect structure and an electronic device including the same. The interconnect structure may include a first dielectric layer including a trench, a conductive wire filling an inside of trench, and a cap layer on a top surface of the conductive wire. The cap layer may include graphene doped with a group V element. A second dielectric layer may be on a top surface of the first cap layer.

Abstract: Provided is a thin film structure including a substrate, a metal layer on the substrate and spaced apart from the substrate, and a two-dimensional material layer between the substrate and the metal layer. The two-dimensional material layer may be configured to limit and/or block an electron transfer between the substrate and the metal layer. A resistivity of a metal layer on the two-dimensional material layer may be lowered by the two-dimensional material layer.

Abstract: Provided are a two-dimensional material structure, a semiconductor device including the two-dimensional material structure, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The two-dimensional material structure may include a first insulator including a first dielectric material; a second insulator on the first insulator and including a second dielectric material; a first two-dimensional material film on an exposed surface of the first insulator; and a second two-dimensional material film provided on an exposed surface of the second insulator. The first and second two-dimensional material films may include a two-dimensional material having a two-dimensional layered structure, and the second two-dimensional material film may include more layers of the two-dimensional material than the first two-dimensional material film.

Abstract: Provided are a graphene interconnect structure, an electronic device including the graphene interconnect structure, and a method of manufacturing the graphene interconnect structure. The graphene interconnect structure may include: a first oxide dielectric material layer; a second oxide dielectric material layer on a surface of the first oxide dielectric material layer and having a dielectric constant greater than that of the first oxide dielectric material layer; and a graphene layer on a surface of the second oxide dielectric material layer opposite to the surface on which the first oxide dielectric material layer is located.

Abstract: Provided are a graphene structure and a method of forming the graphene structure. The graphene structure includes a substrate and graphene on a surface of the substrate. Here, a bonding region in which a material of the substrate and carbon of the graphene are covalently bonded is formed between the surface of the substrate and the graphene.

Abstract: An interconnect structure for reducing a contact resistance, an electronic device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the interconnect structure are provided. The interconnect structure includes a semiconductor layer including a first region having a doping concentration greater than a doping concentration of a peripheral region of the semiconductor layer, a metal layer facing the semiconductor layer, a graphene layer between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, and a conductive metal oxide layer between the graphene layer and the semiconductor and covering the first region.

Abstract: Provided are electronic devices and methods of manufacturing the same. An electronic device may include a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a ferroelectric layer between the substrate and the gate electrode, and a carbon layer between the substrate and the ferroelectric layer. The carbon layer may have an sp2 bonding structure.

Abstract: A stacked structure may include a first material layer, a two-dimensional material layer on the first material layer, and a second material layer on the two-dimensional material layer. The two-dimensional material layer may include a plurality of holes that each expose a portion of the first material layer. The second material layer may be coupled to the first material layer through the plurality of holes.

Abstract: Provided are a wiring including a graphene layer and a method of manufacturing the wiring. The method may include growing a graphene layer on a substrate and doping the graphene layer with a metal. The graphene layer may be grown using a plasma of a hydrocarbon at a temperature of about 200° C. to about 600° C. by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).

Abstract: A vertical channel transistor includes a first source/drain electrode; a second source/drain electrode spaced apart from the first source/drain electrode in a first direction; a first channel pattern between the first source/drain electrode and the second source/drain electrode; a first gate electrode on a side surface of the first channel pattern; a first gate insulation layer between the first channel pattern and the first gate electrode; and a first graphene insertion layer between the first source/drain electrode and the first channel pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed are a layer structure including a metal layer and a carbon layer, a manufacturing method the layer structure, an electronic device including the layer structure, and an electronic apparatus including the electronic device. The layer structure according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer on one surface of a semiconductor layer, a first metal layer facing the semiconductor layer with the insulating layer therebetween, a conductive first carbon layer arranged between the insulating layer and the first metal layer, the conductive first carbon layer being in contact with a first surface of the first metal layer. The first metal layer may be provided above or below the semiconductor layer. The first carbon layer may include a graphene layer. The first carbon layer may extend to another surface of the first metal layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first source/drain structure including a first semiconductor region and a first electrode in electrical contact with the first semiconductor region; a second source/drain structure including a second semiconductor region and a second electrode in electrical contact with the second semiconductor region; a channel between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region; and a gate structure including a gate insulating film covering the channel and a gate electrode covering the gate insulating film. The first source/drain structure further includes a silicide film between the first semiconductor region and the first electrode and a conductive barrier between the silicide film and the first electrode. The conductive barrier includes a conductive two-dimensional material.

Abstract: Provided are an interconnect structure and an electronic device including the interconnect structure. The interconnect structure may include a dielectric layer including a trench; a conductive line in the trench; and a first cap layer on an upper surface of the conductive line. The first cap layer may include a graphene-metal composite including graphene and a metal mixed with each other.

Abstract: A method of growing graphene includes forming a carbon monolayer on a substrate by injecting a first reaction gas into a reaction chamber, wherein the first reaction gas includes a first source including a component that is a carbon source and belongs to an electron withdrawing group, and injecting a second reaction gas including a second source into the reaction chamber, wherein the second source includes a functional group that forms a volatile structure by reacting with a component that belongs to an electron withdrawing group. Graphene may be directly grown on a surface of the substrate by repeatedly injecting the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas.

Abstract: A film deposition method may include preparing a non-planar substrate including a first surface, a second surface, and an inclined surface between the first surface and the second surface; depositing a film having a thickness deviation on the first surface, the second surface, and the inclined surface; and etching the film deposited on the first surface, the second surface, and the inclined surface. A height of the second surface may be different than a height of the first surface.

Abstract: A method of forming nanocrystalline graphene according to an embodiment may include: arranging a substrate having a pattern in a reaction chamber; injecting a reaction gas into the reaction chamber, where the reaction gas includes a carbon source gas, an inert gas, and a hydrogen gas that are mixed; generating a plasma of the reaction gas in the reaction chamber; and directly growing the nanocrystalline graphene on a surface of the pattern using the plasma of the reaction gas at a process temperature. The pattern may include a first material and the substrate may include a second material different from the first material.

Abstract: An interconnect structure may include a graphene-metal barrier on a substrate and a conductive layer on the graphene-metal barrier. The graphene-metal barrier may include a plurality of graphene layers and metal particles on grain boundaries of each graphene layer between the plurality of graphene layers. The metal particles may be formed at a ratio of 1 atom % to 10 atom % with respect to carbon of the plurality of graphene layers.

Abstract: Provided are an interconnect structure and an electronic device including the same. The interconnect structure may include a conductive wiring having a certain pattern, a dielectric layer on side surfaces of the conductive wiring, a capping layer on the conductive wiring, and a graphene layer on the dielectric layer. The graphene layer may include a graphene material. A ratio of carbons having sp3 bonds to carbons having sp2 bonds in the graphene material is 1 or less.

Abstract: Provided are electronic devices and methods of manufacturing the same. An electronic device may include a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a ferroelectric layer between the substrate and the gate electrode, and a carbon layer between the substrate and the ferroelectric layer. The carbon layer may have an sp2 bonding structure.