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Optimization and Examination of Device Characteristics Due to Process Variation in 10 nm FinFET Using Fully Self-Consistent Quantum Mechanical Simulator

Khan H., Mamaluy D., Vasileska D., Arizona State University, US

We use Contact Block Reduction (CBR)method to investigate the critical issues relating optimization of device performance in 10 nm FinFET operating in ballistic regime. The goal of this work is to achieve the desired values [...]

Mobility of Electrons in Rectangular Si Nanowires

Ramayya E., Vasileska D., Goodnick S.M., Knezevic I., Arizona State University, US

We investigate two issues in this paper. First, we examine the role of interface-traps on the device drain current in an SOI nanowire MOSFET. Afterwords, we investigate the role of the interface-roughness on the low-field [...]

Superhydrophobic Nanowire Surfaces for Drop Movement Using Magnetic Fields

Egatz-Gomez A., Melle S., García A.A., Lindsay S., Rubio M.A., Domínguez P., Picraux T., Taraci J., Clement T., Hayes M., Gust D., Arizona State University, US

We present a novel method to control water drop movement on superhydrophobic surfaces through magnetic fields. Water drops with paramagnetic particles can be moved on fractal Si-nanowire superhydrophobic surfaces at high speeds by displacing a [...]

DNA Translocation through a Nanopore

Qamar S., Ashcroft B., Spadola Q., Williams P., Zhang P., Lindsay S., Arizona State University, US

We are developing a technique to sequence the DNA with atomic force microsope. A single strand DNA is threaded to cyclodexrn ring and different forces are abserved as purine and oyrimidin pass through the ring. [...]

Integrated Techniques for Transmembrane Protein Sensing

Wilk S.J., Petrossian L., Goryll M., Thornton T.J., Goodnick S.M., Tang J.M., Eisenberg R.S., Arizona State University, US

We present a method for the microfabrication of apertures in a silicon substrate using well-known cleanroom technologies and a novel approach using phase sensitive detection to measure single channels of transmembrane proteins. These proteins are [...]

Study of the RF Characteristics features of Optimized SOI – MESFETs

Tarik K., Vasileska D., Thornton T.J., Arizona State University, US

We have already demonstrated that the SOI MESFET device structure is a suitable candidate for micropower circuit applications due to its high anticipated cut-off frequency . Even though the device offers higher fT, there is [...]

Self-consistent Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Ballistic Transport in 10 nm FinFET Devices Using CBR Method

Khan H., Mamaluy D., Vasileska D., Arizona State University, US

CBR technique has been used to perform fully quantum-mechanical simulation of 10nm FinFET devices with varying fin width. Device characteristics have been observed and compared to the experimental values. It is observed from the simulation [...]

Application of Mass Transport in Solid Electrolyte Films in Tunable Microelectromechanical Resonators

Kozicki M.N., Brown III C.L., Mitkova M., Enderling S., Hedley J., Walton A.J., Arizona State University, US

We report on the initial results of a study involving a novel materials scheme – a solid electrolyte-electrodeposit system based on germanium selenide glass doped with silver – which holds great promise as a means [...]

Spin Density Functional Theory Simulations of Quantum Point Contacts: An Investigation of Spin Filtering Effects

Akis R., Ferry D.K., Arizona State University, US

We present simulations of quantum wires and quantum point contacts (QPCs) formed in semiconductor heterostructures. Conductance measurements for such structures is quantized with plateaus at integer multiples of G_0= (2e^2/h) as function of gate voltage, [...]

Implementation of Separable Scattering Mechanisms in Three-Dimensional Quantum Mechanical Simulations of a Silicon Quantum Wire

Gilbert M.J., Akis R., Ferry D.K., Arizona State University, US

In order to understand the operation of any type of semiconductor device, one must consider the effects of scattering. For many years, Monte Carlo has been the workhorse that has yielded great insight into the [...]