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Flame Made Nanoparticles for Gas Sensors

Mädler L., Pratsinis S.E., Sahm T., Gurlo A., Barsan N., Weimar U., University of California, Los Angeles, CH

Flame aerosol technology is one of the most widely used synthesis routes in manufacturing of commercial quantities of nanoparticles. The application of flame spray pyrolysis further broadens the spectrum of flame made powders and their [...]

Frequency Stability and Noise Characteristics of Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Nanoelectromechanical Resonators

Feng X.L., Roukes M.L., California Institute of Technology, US

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are emerging as great candidates for a variety of technological applications ranging from sensors and actuators to signal processing and communications [1]. Nanofabricated high-frequency (often in the VHF/UHF bands) electromechanical resonators (i.e., [...]

Nano Devices and Systems

Investigation of Robust Fully-Silicided NMOSFETs for Sub-100 nm ESD Protection Circuits Design

Lee J.W., Tang H., Li Y., Natl Nano Device Labs & Natl Chiao Tung Univ, TW

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) becomes an important issue in vary large scaled integrated (VLSI) circuit design and manufacture, especially for the ultra-thin oxide nano-devices [1-3]. It results from a fact that the gate oxide will be [...]

Defects and Fault Characterization in Quantum Cellular Automata

Baradaran Tahoori M., Momenzadeh M., Huang J., Lombardi F., Northeastern University, US

In this paper, a detailed simulation-based characterization of QCA defects and study of their effects at logic-level are presented. Different defect mechanisms for QCA active devices and interconnects are considered and the appropriate fault models [...]

A Nanoscale Electromechanical Contact Switch for Logic Applications

Huang C-C, Ekinci K.L., Boston University, US

Here, we describe the operation of a nano-electro-mechanical contact switch. The switch design relies on a sharp contact tip integrated to a compliant nanomechanical beam. When the beam is actuated electrostatically, the tip establishes intimate [...]

Displacement Detection using Quantum Mechanical Electron Tunneling in Micro and Nano-electro-mechanical Systems

Taylor D., Ekinci K., Boston University, US

Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and, more recently, nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are emerging as candidates for a number of important technological applications — such as ultra-fast actuators, sensors, and high frequency signal processing components. Experimentally, they are [...]

Topic: Nanoelectronics