Understanding Molecular Conduction

08 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

It is common to differentiate between two ways of building a nanodevice: a topdown approach where we start from something big and chisel out what we want and a bottom-up approach where we start from …

https://nanohub.org/resources/495

Curriculum on Nanotechnology

27 Jan 2005 | Courses

To exploit the opportunities that nanoscience is giving us, engineers will need to learn how to think about materials, devices, circuits, and systems in new ways. The NCN seeks to bring the new …

https://nanohub.org/resources/100

Exponential Challenges, Exponential Rewards - The Future of Moore's Law

14 Dec 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Shekhar Borkar

Three exponentials have been the foundation of today's electronics, which are often taken for granted—namely transistor density, performance, and energy. Moore's Law captures the impact of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/177

NEMO 1-D: The First NEGF-based TCAD Tool and Network for Computational Nanotechnology

28 Dec 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

Nanotechnology has received a lot of public attention since U.S. President Clinton announced the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative. New approaches to applications in electronics, materials, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/178

Nanotechnology 101 Lecture Series

25 Aug 2004 | Series

Welcome to Nanotechnology 101, a series of lectures designed to provide an undergraduate-level introduction to nanotechnology. In contrast, the Nanotechnology 501 series offers lectures for the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/101

Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Introductory Lecture)

25 Aug 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Welcome to the ECE 656 Introductory lecture. The objective of the course is to develop a clear, physical understanding of charge carrier transport in bulk semiconductors and in small semiconductor …

https://nanohub.org/resources/169

Process Variation: An Evalution of Carbon Nanotube Transistor Field Effect Transistors

16 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Sergio Urban, Alvin Lacson, Louis Bonhami

Process variation is the observed deviation of device parameters in mass production processes. As the critical dimensions of today's MOSFET's are continously decreasing, process variation is …

https://nanohub.org/resources/751

Modification of Si(111) Surfaces using Self - Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) for Electrochemical and AF

16 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Rosangelly Flores Pérez

Recent researchers in the electrical engineering field are using self-assembled monolayers techniques with aryldiazonium salts solutions to build nanoelectronic devices. This innovation can explain …

https://nanohub.org/resources/749

Hydrodynamic Separation of Micron-sized Particles through Magnetization

16 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Michael Benko

Many assays and lab-on-a-chip projects require the use of uniform magnetic particles. Creating magnetic particles of uniform size and magnetization is a difficult task. The next best alternative is …

https://nanohub.org/resources/746

Visualization of CNT FET Electrical Field Lines

15 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Muriel Fort, Sameer Hamdan

With transistors decreasing to nanometric dimensions, limits of current processing technologies are being reached. Many physical obstacles still need to be overcome to replace earlier silicon …

https://nanohub.org/resources/745

Quantum Dots Visualization Software using Electron Wave Function

15 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Patrick Macnamara, Laurie St. Ange

The viewing of electron orbitals is a necessary element in the investigation of quantum dot structures as well as in their conceptualization. With an electron wave function superimposed over a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/744

Visualization of and Educational Tool for Quantum Dots

15 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Aaron Christensen, Adrian Rios

Quantum dots (QDs) are confined structures made of metals and semiconductors that are capable of containing free electrons.The ability to visualize these small devices is advantageous in determining …

https://nanohub.org/resources/743

Measurements of Interface Trap Density in MOS Capacitors Using AC Conductance Method

15 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Benafsha Shahlori

4-H SiC MOS capacitors have a broad interface state density located at approximately 2.9eV above the valence band edge. These states reduce mobility through carrier trapping which in turn affects …

https://nanohub.org/resources/742

Feasibility of Molecular Assemblers

15 Aug 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): LaDawn Biddle

Molecular manufacturing is expected to be the Industrial Revolution of the 21st century. Essentially all mechanized products are anticipated to be improved with the use of molecular assemblers.

https://nanohub.org/resources/739

Exploiting the Electronic Properties of Proteins: An Approach to Nanoscale Electronics

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ron Reifenberger

Exploiting the Electronic Properties of Protiens: An Approach to Nanoscale Electronics

https://nanohub.org/resources/865

Faster Materials versus Nanoscaled Si and SiGe: A Fork in the Roadmap?

20 Apr 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jerry M. Woodall

Strained Si and SiGe MOSFET technologies face fundamental limits towards the end of this decade when the technology roadmap calls for gate dimensions of 45 nm headed for 22 nm. This fact, and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/163

Control of Exchange Interaction in a Double Dot System

05 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mike Stopa

As Rolf Landauer observed in 1960, information is physical. As a consequence, the transport and processing of information must obey the laws of physics. It therefore makes sense to base the laws of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/152

Nanoscale Patterning of CdS/CdTe Solar Cells

21 Apr 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Cesar Lopez

2003 SURI Conference Proceedings

https://nanohub.org/resources/806

Ordered Nanocrystalline Thin Films for High Efficiency CdS/CdTe Solar Cells

21 Apr 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Javier Gonzalez

2003 SURI Conference Proceeding

https://nanohub.org/resources/804

Enhanced Pool Boiling Using Carbon Nanotube Arrays

21 Apr 2004 | Notes | Contributor(s): Sebastien Ujereh

2003 SURI Conference Proceeding

https://nanohub.org/resources/802