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Lecture 3: Resistance-Ballistic to Diffusive
28 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
The resistance of a ballistic conductor and concepts, such as the quantum contact resistance, are introduced and discussed. The results are then generalized to treat transport all the way from …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11746
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Lecture 4: Thermoelectric Effects-Physical Approach
28 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
The effect of temperature gradients on current flow and how electrical currents produce heat currents are discussed.
https://nanohub.org/resources/11747
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Application of the nanoHUB tools in the Classroom
28 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This online presentation describes the application of the nanoHUB tools in the classroom.
https://nanohub.org/resources/11735
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Lessons from Nanoelectronics
20 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta
Everyone is familiar with the amazing performance of a modern laptop, powered by a billion-plus nanotransistors, each having an active region that is barely a few hundred atoms long. What is …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11700
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Lessons from Nanoelectronics (Q&A)
20 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta
Q A session from Lessons from Nanoelectronics.
https://nanohub.org/resources/11702
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2011 NCN Summer School: Welcome and Introduction
20 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
“Electronics from the Bottom Up” is an educational initiative designed to bring a new perspective to the field of nano device engineering. It is co-sponsored by the Intel Foundation and the …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11704
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Lecture 1: Introduction to Near-equilibrium Transport
20 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
A short overview of the topics to be discussed in the following nine lectures in this short course on near-equilibrium transport.
https://nanohub.org/resources/11708
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Solar Cells Lecture 3: Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Devices and Systems
20 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): J. L. Gray
Modeling and simulation play an important role in designing and optimizing PV systems. This tutorial is a broad overview of the topic including a look at detailed, numerical device simulation.
https://nanohub.org/resources/11690
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The History of Semiconductor Heterostructures Research: From Early Double Heterostructure Concept to Modern Quantum Dot Structures
11 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Zhores I. Alferov
It would be very difficult today to imagine solid-state physics without semiconductor heterostructures. Semiconductor heterostructures and especially double heterostructures, including quantum wells, …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11436
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Taming Light and Electrons with Metamaterials
11 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nader Engheta
In recent years, in my group we have been working on various aspects of metamaterials and plasmonic nano-optics. We have introduced and been developing the concept of "metatronics", i.e. …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11392
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Illinois ECE598XL Semiconductor Nanotechnology - 3 - Quantum Dots: Formation
27 Jun 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xiuling Li
https://nanohub.org/resources/11404
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Illinois ECE598XL Semiconductor Nanotechnology - 2 - Nanostructure Epitaxial Growth Techniques
27 Jun 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xiuling Li
https://nanohub.org/resources/11402
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Illinois ECE598XL Semiconductor Nanotechnology - 1 - Introduction to Nanotechnology
27 Jun 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xiuling Li
https://nanohub.org/resources/11400
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Enhancing the Light-Matter Interaction with Optical Antennas
02 Jun 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Lukas Novotny
Optical antennas are devices designed to efficiently convert optical radiation into localized energy, and vice versa. They enhance the interaction between light and matter, and have the potential to …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11340
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Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) in p-MOSFETs: Characterization, Material/Process Dependence and Predictive Modeling (2011)
11 May 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Souvik Mahapatra
This is a presentation on Negative Bias Temperature Instability, or in short NBTI, observed in p channel MOSFET devices. Though NBTI has been discovered more than 40 years ago, in the last 10 years …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11249
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 12: Multiscale Analysis of Silicon NEMS
02 May 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Narayan Aluru
https://nanohub.org/resources/10683
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Essential Aspects of Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI)
01 May 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ahmad Ehteshamul Islam, Souvik Mahapatra, Muhammad Alam
We develop a comprehensive theoretical framework for explaining the key and characteristic experimental signatures of NBTI. The framework is based on an uncorrelated dynamics of interface-defect …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11198
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Putting the Electron’s Spin to Work
14 Apr 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Daniel Ralph
I will discuss recent progress in experimental techniques to control the orientations of nanoscale magnetic moments and electron spins, and to use these new means of control for applications. One …
https://nanohub.org/resources/11107
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 8: Quantum Dot and Nanopore Lasers
12 Apr 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James J. Coleman
We describe the growth, processing, and characteristics of self‐assembled and patterned quantum dot and nanopore lasers that exhibit interesting effects arising from reduction of the active medium …
https://nanohub.org/resources/10574
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 6: Honing Scanned Probe Lithography for Atomic-Fidelity Patterning
12 Apr 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Scott Schmucker
Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) possess extraordinary electrical properties, with many possible applications in electronics. Dense, horizontally aligned arrays of linearly configured SWNTs …
https://nanohub.org/resources/10572