EC2038 NANO ELECTRONICS

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UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY 9

Background to nanotechnology: Types of nanotechnology and nanomachines – periodic

table – atomic structure – molecules and phases – energy – molecular and atomic size –

surface and dimensional space – top down and bottom up; Molecular Nanotechnology:

Electron microscope – scanning electron microscope – atomic force microscope –

scanning tunnelling microscope – nanomanipulator – nanotweezers – atom manipulation

– nanodots – self assembly – dip pen nanolithography. Nanomaterials: preparation –

plasma arcing – chemical vapor deposition – sol-gels – electrodeposition – ball milling –

applications of nanomaterials;

UNIT II FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOELECTRONICS 9

Fundamentals of logic devices:- Requirements – dynamic properties – threshold gates;

physical limits to computations; concepts of logic devices:- classifications – two terminal

devices – field effect devices – coulomb blockade devices – spintronics – quantum

cellular automata – quantum computing – DNA computer; performance of information

processing systems;- basic binary operations, measure of performance processing

capability of biological neurons – performance estimation for the human brain. Ultimate

computation:- power dissipation limit – dissipation in reversible computation – the

ultimate computer.

UNIT III SILICON MOSFETs & QUANTUM TRANSPORT DEVICES 9

Silicon MOSFETS - Novel materials and alternate concepts:- fundamentals of MOSFET

Devices- scaling rules – silicon-dioxide based gate dielectrics – metal gates – junctions

& contacts – advanced MOSFET concepts.

Quantum transport devices based on resonant tunneling:- Electron tunneling – resonant

tunneling diodes – resonant tunneling devices; Single electron devices for logic

applications:- Single electron devices – applications of single electron devices to logic

circuits.

UNIT IV CARBON NANOTUBES 9

Carbon Nanotube: Fullerenes - types of nanotubes – formation of nanotubes –

assemblies – purification of carbon nanotubes – electronic propertics – synthesis of

carbon nanotubes – carbon nanotube interconnects – carbon nanotube FETs –

Nanotube for memory applications – prospects of an all carbon nanotube

nanoelectronics.

UNIT V MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS 9

Electrodes & contacts – functions – molecular electronic devices – first test systems –

simulation and circuit design – fabrication; Future applications: MEMS – robots – random

access memory – mass storage devices.

TOTAL= 45 PERIODS

TEXTBOOKS

1. Michael Wilson, Kamali Kannangara, Geoff Smith, Michelle Simmons and Burkhard

Raguse, Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies, Chapman &

Hall / CRC, 2002

2. T. Pradeep, NANO: The Essentials – Understanding Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology, TMH, 2007

3. Rainer Waser (Ed.), Nanoelectronics and Information Technology: Advanced

Electronic Materials and Novel Devices, Wiley-VCH, 2003