Introduction to the special section on the Fifth IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (IEEE INEC)

The Guest Editors are pleased to present here a special section of the best papers selected from 242 presentations in the fifth IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (IEEE INEC) held in Singapore in January 2013. The theme of the INEC 2013 is "sustainable nanoelectronics," aiming in nanoelectronics for the future. It brought together more than 230 participants to Singapore from 23 countries over the world, including China, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Egypt, Iran, Australia, Sweden, Canada, US, France, and UK. In addition to the invited and contributed talks and poster session, the conference also invited renowned experts to give keynote speech, spreading out in four parallel symposia: 1) Nanofabrication; 2) Nanoelectronics; 3) Nanophotonics; and 4) Nanosciences. We believe that the papers selected for this special section reflect the high quality of research in nanotechnology, and they will undoubtedly benefit the researchers in the field for their research and manufacturers for developing new high technology products.