Nano and Molecular Electronics Handbook

Written by acclaimed experts in a wide array of specialties, this work provides coherent coverage on a spectrum of issues in molecular and nano electronics. It emphasizes device fundamentals and recent innovations, while also exploring novel solutions and far-reaching developments as well as envisioning new paradigms.

There are fundamental and technological limits of conventional microfabrication and microelectronics. Scaling down conventional devices and attempts to develop novel topologies and architectures will soon be ineffective or unachievable at the device and system levels to ensure desired performance. Forward-looking experts continue to search for new paradigms to carry the field beyond the age of microelectronics, and molecular electronics is one of the most promising candidates. The Nano and Molecular Electronics Handbook surveys the current state of this exciting, emerging field and looks toward future developments and opportunities.Molecular and Nano Electronics ExplainedExplore the fundamentals of device physics, synthesis, and design of molecular processing platforms and molecular integrated circuits within three-dimensional topologies, organizations, and architectures as well as bottom-up fabrication utilizing quantum effects and unique phenomena.Technology in ProgressStay current with the latest results and practical solutions realized for nanoscale and molecular electronics as well as biomolecular electronics and memories. Learn design concepts, device-level modeling, simulation methods, and fabrication technologies used for today's applications and beyond.Reports from the Front Lines of ResearchExpert innovators discuss the results of cutting-edge research and provide informed and insightful commentary on where this new paradigm will lead. The Nano and Molecular Electronics Handbook ranks among the most complete and authoritative guides to the past, present, and future of this revolutionary area of theory and technology.

MOLECULAR AND NANO ELECTRONICS: DEVICE- AND SYSTEM-LEVELElectrical Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers; Wenyong Wang, Takhee Lee and Mark A. ReedMolecular Electronic Computing Architectures; J.M. Tour and D.K. JamesUnimolecular Electronics: Results and Prospects; Robert M. MetzgerCarbon Derivatives; Rikizo HatakeyamaSystem-Level Design and Simulation of Nanomemories and Nanoprocessors; Shamik Das, Carl A. Picconatto, Garrett S. Rose, Matthew M. Ziegler and James C. EllenbogenThree-Dimensional Molecular Electronics and Integrated Circuits for Signal and Information Processing Platforms; Sergey Edward LyshevskiNANOSCALED ELECTRONICSInorganic Nanowires in Electronics; Bin Yu and M. MeyyappanQuantum Dots in Nanoelectronic Devices; Gregory L. Snider, Alexei O. Orlov and Craig S. LentSelf Assembly of Nanostructures Using Nanoporous Alumina Templates; Bhargava Kanchibotla, Sandipan Pramanik and Supriyo BandyopadhyayNeuromorphic Networks of Spiking Neurons; Giacomo Indiveri and Rodney DouglasAllowing Electronics to Face the TSI Era-Molecular Electronics and Beyond; G. F. CerofoliniOn Computing Nano-Architectures Using Unreliable Nanodevices or On Yield-Energy-Delay Logic Designs; Valeriu Beiu and Walid IbrahimBIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS AND PROCESSINGProperties of "G-Wire" DNA; Thomas Marsh and James VesenkaMetalloprotein Electronics; Andrea Alessandrini and Paolo FacciLocalization and Transport of Charge by Nonlinearity and Spatial Discreteness in Biomolecules and Semiconductor Nanorings. Aharonov-Bohm Effect for Neutral Excitons; F. Palmero, J. Cuevas, F.R. Romero, J.C. Eilbeck, R.A. Römer and J. DorignacProtein-Based Optical Memories; Jeffrey A. Stuart, Robert R. Birge, Mark P. Krebs, Bangwei Xi, William Tetley, Duane L. Marcy, Jeremy F. Koscielecki, and Jason R. HillebrechtSubneuronal Processing of Information by Solitary Waves and Stochastic Processes; Danko D. Georgiev, MD and James F. GlazebrookElectronic and Ionic Conductivities of Microtubules and Actin Filaments, Their Consequences for Cell Signaling and Applications to Bioelectronics; Jack A. Tuszynski, Avner Priel, J.A. Brown, Horacio F. Cantiello, John M. DixonMOLECULAR AND NANO ELECTRONICS: DEVICE-LEVEL MODELING AND SIMULATIONSimulation Tools in Molecular Electronics; Christoph Erlen, Paolo Lugli, Alessandro Pecchia and Aldo Di CarloTheory of Current Rectification, Switching, and a Role of Defects in Molecular Electronic Devices; A.M. BratkovskyComplexities of the Molecular Conductance Problem; Gil Speyer, Richard Akis and David K. FerryNanoelectromechanical Oscillator as an Open Quantum System; Lev G. Mourokh and Anatoly Yu. SmirnovCoherent Electron Transport in Molecular Contacts: A Case of Tractable Modeling; Alexander Onipko and Lyuba MalyshevaPride, Prejudice, and Penury of ab initio Transport Calculations for Single Molecules; F. Evers and K. BurkeMolecular Electronics Devices; Anton Grigoriev and Rajeev AhujaAn Electronic Cotunneling Model of STM-Induced Unimolecular Surface Reactions; Vladimiro Mujica, Thorsten Hansen and Mark A. RatnerINDEX