AP7012 NANO ELECTRONICS

AP7012 NANO ELECTRONICS

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO NANOELECTRONICS

Microelectronics towards biomolecule electronics-Particles and waves- Wave-particle duality- Wave mechanics- Schrödinger wave equation- Wave mechanics of particles: - Atoms and atomic orbitalsMaterials for nanoelectronics- Semiconductors- Crystal lattices: Bonding in crystals- Electron energy bands- Semiconductor heterostructures- Lattice-matched and pseudomorphic heterostructuresInorganic-organic heterostructures- Carbon nanomaterials: nanotubes and fullerenes 

UNIT II      FABRICATION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

Growth, fabrication, and measurement techniques for nanostructures- Bulk crystal and heterostructure growth- Nanolithography, etching, and other means for fabrication of nanostructures and nanodevices- Techniques for characterization of nanostructures- Spontaneous formation and ordering of nanostructures- Clusters and nanocrystals- Methods of nanotube growth- Chemical and biological methods for nanoscale fabrication- Fabrication of nano-electromechanical systems 

UNIT III     PROPERTIES

Dielectrics-Ferroelectrics-Electronic Properties and Quantum Effects-Magnetoelectronics – Magnetism and Magnetotransport in Layered Structures-Organic Molecules – Electronic Structures, Properties, and Reactions-Neurons – The Molecular Basis of their Electrical Excitability-Circuit and System Design- Analysis by Diffraction and Fluorescence Methods-Scanning Probe Techniques 

UNIT IV NANO STRUCTURE DEVICES

Electron transport in semiconductors and nanostructures- Time and length scales of the electrons in solids- Statistics of the electrons in solids and nanostructures- Density of states of electrons in nanostructures- Electron transport in nanostructures-Electrons in traditional low-dimensional structures- Electrons in quantum wells- Electrons in quantum wires- Electrons in quantum dotsNanostructure devices- Resonant-tunneling diodes- Field-effect transistors- Single-electron-transfer devices- Potential-effect transistors- Light-emitting diodes and lasers- Nano-electromechanical system devices- Quantum-dot cellular automata

UNIT V   LOGIC DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS

Logic Devices-Silicon MOSFETs-Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistors-Quantum Transport Devices Based on Resonant Tunneling-Single-Electron Devices for Logic Applications-Superconductor Digital Electronics-Quantum Computing Using Superconductors-Carbon Nanotubes for Data ProcessingMolecular Electronics

REFERENCES: 

1. Vladimir V. Mitin, Viatcheslav A. Kochelap, Michael A. Stroscio, “Introduction to Nanoelectronics: Science, Nanotechnology, Engineering, and Applications”, Cambridge  University Press 2011 

2. Supriyo Datta,“Lessons from Nanoelectronics: A New Perspective on Transport”, World Scientific 2012 

3. George W. Hanson,“Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics”, Pearson 2009 

4. Korkin, Anatoli; Rosei, Federico (Eds.), “Nanoelectronics and Photonics”,Springer 2008 

5. Mircea Dragoman, Daniela Dragoman, “Nanoelectronics: principles and devices”, CRC Press 2006 6. Karl Goser, Peter Glösekötter, Jan Dienstuhl,“Nanoelectronics and Nanosystems: From Transistors to Molecular and Quantum Devices“, Springer 2004 

7. W. R. Fahrner, Nanotechnology and Nan electronics: Materials, Devices, Measurement Techniques (SpringerVerlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005) 

8. Mark A. Reed, Takhee Lee,“Molecular nanoelectronics”, American Scientific Publishers 2003 

9. Jaap Hoekstra, “Introduction to Nanoelectronic Single-Electron Circuit Design”, Pan Stanford Publishing 2010 

10. W. Ranier,“Nano Electronics and Information Technology”, John Wiley & Sons 2012