Nanoscience Targeting Next Generation Innovative Devices

Gold Bulletin, 2003

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2014

The technical and economic growth of the twentieth century was marked by evolution of electronic devices and gadgets. The day-to-day lifestyle has been significantly affected by the advancement in communication systems, information systems and consumer electronics. The lifeline of progress has been the invention of the transistor and its dynamic up-gradation. Discovery of fabricating Integrated Circuits (IC’s) revolutionized the concept of electronic circuits. With advent of time the size of components decreased, which led to increase in component density. This trend of decreasing device size and denser integrated circuits is being limited by the current lithography techniques. Non-uniformity of doping, quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons from source to drain and leakage of electrons through gate oxide limit scaling down of devices. Heat dissipation and capacitive coupling between circuit components becomes significant with decreasing size of the components. Along with the intrinsic technical limitations, downscaling of devices to nanometer sizes leads to a change in the physical mechanisms controlling the charge propagation. To deal with this constraint, the search is on to look around for alternative materials for electronic device application and new methods for electronic device fabrication. Such material is comprised of organic molecules, proteins, carbon materials, DNA and the list is endless which can be grown in the laboratory. Many molecules show interesting electronic properties, which make them probable candidates for electronic device applications. The challenge is to interpret their electronic properties at nanoscale so as to exploit them for use in new generation electronic devices. Need to trim downsize and have a higher component density have ushered us into an era of nanoelectronics.

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 2015

anotechnology exploded in scientific publications in the year 2000. It became clear in the subsequent years that the magnitude and opportunities offered in nanotechnology research and development exceeded the research capabilities of any single entity or any single region, and a new cooperative approach was needed. The first step to this approach consisted of fostering communication among leading researchers with the intent of facilitating subsequent cooperation. As such and as applicable to semiconductors and nanoelectronics, international cooperation and research coordination was instigated via the International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation (INC) initiative, leading the quest to narrow "research to a new product cycle" via a coordinated research strategy and funding initiatives towards solving the grand challenges. The INC conference series first began in 2005 to serve as a central arena for stakeholders to share experiences from various regions on electronics-related nanotechnology research program execution and challenges.

physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters, 2007

Engineering Science & Education Journal

This paper reviews advances in nanotechnology and includes a discussion of microelectronics and microsystems. The main emphasis is on silicon technology, where the electrical properties are used in circuit applications and the mechanical properties are used in a growing range of sensor and m icromechan ical app 1 ica tio ns.

Journal of Nanoparticle …

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Nanotechnology, 2010

NATO Science Series, 2006

Over the last decade the interest in nanoscale materials and their applications in novel electronic devices has been increasing tremendously. This is caused by the unique properties of nanoscale materials and the outstanding performance of nanoscale devices. The fascinating and often unrivalled properties of nanoscale materials and devices opened new and sometimes unexpected fields of applications. Today, the widespread applications range from the detection of explosives, drugs and fissionable materials to bio-and infrared-sensors, spintronic devices, data storage media, magnetic read heads for computer hard disks, single-electron devices, microwave electronic devices, and many more. This book contains a collection of papers giving insight into the fundamentals and applications of nanoscale devices. The papers have been presented at NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanoscale Devices-Fundamentals and Applications (NDFA-2004, ARW 980607) held in Kishinev (Chişinau), Moldova, on September 18-22, 2004. The main focus of the contributions was on the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale magnetic materials, the fundamental physics and materials aspects of solidstate nanostructures, the development of novel device concepts and design principles for nanoscale devices, as well as on applications in electronics with special emphasis on defence against the threat of terrorism. We would like to thank the members of the International Organizing Committee, Sasha Alexandrov, Alexander Andreev, Jochen Mannhart, Thomas Schimmel, and Igor Yanson for their support in putting together the scientific program of the workshop, and all the participants for their invaluable contributions.