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Abstract : Owing to their augmented electrical, optical, mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties, nanomaterials have proven to be superior to their bulk counterpart in almost every aspect of consumer applications. For the past two decades, a great deal of scientific study is going on exploring these materials in order to take advantage of these nanomaterials in various fields of research. By changing the type of orbital hybridization, carbon can take the form of various nano-allotropes. Since all nano-allotropes of carbon have unusual physical and chemical characteristics, they are widely used in many different applications, particularly in the electronics industry. Fullerenes, graphene, and carbon nanotubes/nanoribbons are some of the most common examples of three-, two-, and one-dimensional carbon nano-allotropes. These carbon-based materials that have displayed such inherent properties can be easily exploited in the making of cutting-edge technology applications. The aforementioned distinctive qualities suggest that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) may be used as replacement materials for future nano-scale interconnects, thus improving electrical performance and removing electro-migration reliability issues that have been afflicting Cu-based nano-scale interconnects for a long time. In this chapter, the distinctive characteristics of various nanomaterials are highlighted, along with their current and potential interconnect applications in the future.