1st Edition

Molecular Electronics, Circuits, and Processing Platforms

By Sergey Edward Lyshevski Copyright 2008
    296 Pages 7 Color & 103 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    296 Pages 7 Color & 103 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    When microelectronic devices replaced vacuum tubes, it marked a revolution in electronics that opened the way to the computer age. We are on the verge of witnessing another equally profound shift. As molecular devices replace semiconductors, we will achieve new levels of performance, functionality and capability that will hugely impact electronics, as well as signal processing and computing. 

    Molecular Electronics, Circuits, and Processing Platforms guides you confidently into this emerging field. Helping you to forge into the molecular frontier, this book examines the various concepts, methods and technologies used to approach and solve a wide variety of problems. The author works from new devices to systems and platforms. He also covers device-level physics, system-level design, analysis, and advanced fabrication technologies.

    Explore the latest and emerging molecular, biomolecular, and nanoscale processing platforms for building the next generation of circuits, memories and computations. By examining both solved and open issues, this book thoroughly develops the basic theory and shows you how to apply this knowledge toward new developments and practical hardware implementation.

    Don’t fall behind. Let Molecular Electronics, Circuits, and Processing Platforms take you to the next level of electronics design and applications.

    ELECTRONICS AND EMERGING PARADIGMS
    Introduction
    Historical Overview: From Atoms to Theory of Microscopic Systems and Fabrication
    Devices, Circuits, and Processing Platforms
    Electronics and Processing Platforms: Retrospect and Prospect
    Molecular Processing Platforms: Evidence of Feasibility,  Soundness, and Practicality Substantiation
    Microelectronics and Emerging Paradigms: Challenges, Implications, and Solutions
    References
    MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS: DEVICE-LEVEL AND SYSTEM-LEVEL CONSIDERATIONS
    Performance Estimates
    Topologies, Organizations, and Architectures
    Synthesis Taxonomy in Design of Molecular Integrated Circuits and Processing Platforms
    References
    BIOMOLECULAR PROCESSING AND MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
    Neuroscience: Conventional Outlook and Brainstorming
    Rational
    Processing in Neurons
    Biomolecules and Ions Transport: Communication
    Energetics and Energy Estimates
    Applied Information Theory and Information Estimates
    Biomimetics and Bioprototyping
    Fluidic Molecular Platforms
    Neuromorphological Reconfigurable Molecular Processing Platforms and Cognitive Processing
    Reconfigurable 3D Networking-and-Processing and Reconfigurable Vector Neural Networks
    Biomolecules and Bioinformatics
    References
    DESIGN OF MOLECULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    Molecular Electronics and Gates: Device and Circuits Prospective
    Decision Diagrams and Logic Design of Molecular Integrated Circuits Hypercube Design
    Molecular Signal/Data Processing and Memory Platforms
    Finite-State Machines and Their Use in Hardware and Software Design
    Adaptive Defect-Tolerant Molecular Processing Platforms
    Hardware–Software Design
    References
    SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
    TOWARDS MOLECULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    Synthesis of Molecular Electronic Devices
    Testing and Characterization of Proof of Concept Molecular Electronic Devices
    Molecular Integrated Circuits and Design Rules
    References
    MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Atomic Structures and Quantum Mechanics
    Introduction to Modeling and Analysis
    Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
    Particle Velocity
    Schrödinger Equation
    Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Electronic Devices:
    Three-Dimensional Problem
    Electromagnetic Field and Control of Particles in Molecular Electronic Devices
    Green Function Formalism
    Case Study: Multiterminal Quantum Effect Molecular Electronic Device
    References
    INDEX

    Biography

    Sergey Edward Lyshevski