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Making the Tiniest and Fastest Transistor using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
Online Presentations | 13 Feb 2006 | Contributor(s):: peide ye
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is an emerging nanotechnology enables the deposit of ultrathin films, one atomic layer by one atomic layer. ALD provides a powerful, new capability to grow or regrow nanoscale ultrathin films of metals, semiconductors and insulators. This presentation introduces ALD...
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A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
Online Presentations | 13 Feb 2006 | Contributor(s):: Mark Ratner
While the Greek root nano just means dwarf, the nanoscale has become a giant focus of contemporary science and technology. We will examine the fundamental issues underlying the excitement involved in nanoscale research - what, why and how. Specific topics include assembly, properties,...
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Active Photonic Nanomaterials: From Random to Periodic Structures
Online Presentations | 06 Feb 2006 | Contributor(s):: Hui Cao
Active photonic nanomaterials, which have high gain or large nonlinearity, are essential to the development of nanophotonic devices and circuits. In this talk, I will provide a review of our recent research activities related to the fabrication of active photonic nanomaterials and the development...
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Homework for PN Junctions: Depletion Approximation (ECE 606)
Teaching Materials | 09 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
This homework assignment is part of ECE 606 "Solid State Devices" (Purdue University). It contains 5 problems which lead students through a comparison of the depletion approximation and an exact solution of PN junction diodes. Students compute the exact solution by using the PN Junction...
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Homework for Monte Carlo Method: High field transport in Bulk Si
Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
This homework assignment is part of ECE 656 "Electronic Transport in Semiconductors" (Purdue University). It contains 10 problems which lead students through the simulation of high-field transport in bulk silicon.
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Homework for PN Junctions: Depletion Approximation (ECE 305)
Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, David Janes
This homework assignment is part of ECE 305 "Semiconductor Device Fundamentals" (Purdue University). It contains 7 problems which lead students through a comparison of the depletion approximation and the exact analysis of a PN junction diode.
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Resonant Tunneling Diodes: an Exercise
Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: H.-S. Philip Wong
This homework assignment was created by H.-S. Philip Wong for EE 218 "Introduction to Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology" (Stanford University). It includes a couple of simple "warm up" exercises and two design problems, intended to teach students the electronic properties...
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Designing Nanocomposite Materials for Solid-State Energy Conversion
Online Presentations | 10 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: Timothy D. Sands
New materials will be necessary to break through today's performance envelopes for solid-state energy conversion devices ranging from LED-based solid-state white lamps to thermoelectric devices for solid-state refrigeration and electric power generation. The combination of recent materials...
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Atomic Force Microscopy
Online Presentations | 01 Dec 2005 | Contributor(s):: Arvind Raman
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is an indispensible tool in nano science for the fabrication, metrology, manipulation, and property characterization of nanostructures. This tutorial reviews some of the physics of the interaction forces between the nanoscale tip and sample, the dynamics of the...
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How Semiconductors and Transistors Work
Animations | 20 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: John C. Bean
This animation shows how semiconductor crystals work and how they are used to make transistor switches.
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Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Animations | 16 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: John C. Bean
Microelectronic devices are made by repeating two steps: 1) Depositing a thin uniform layer of material; 2) Then using a photographic process to pattern and remove unwanted areas of that layer.
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Scanning Electron Microscope
Animations | 16 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: John C. Bean
This resource describes a scanning electron microscope (SEM). It includes detailed depictions of how the electron beam is focused and used to create hugely magnified images of experimental specimens.
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Scanning Probe Microscope Piezoelectric Crystals
Animations | 16 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: John C. Bean
In this resource we disassemble the piezoelectric assembly of a scanning probe microscope. At its core is a white cylinder of the piezoelectric material. If you look closely, it has a granular texture that reflects the fact that it is actually made up of many small crystals.
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Scanning Probe Microscope Operation
Animations | 16 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: John C. Bean
Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs) include Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) and Scanning Tunneling Microscopes (STMs or STEMs). They are the only instruments in widespread use that can actually "see" single atoms! You can skim this resource quickly to learn the general concepts of SPMs, or you can...
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Fabrication of a MOSFET within a Microprocessor
Animations | 16 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: John C. Bean
This resource depicts the step-by-step process by which the transistors of an integrated circuit are made.
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First Principles-based Atomistic and Mesoscale Modeling of Materials
Online Presentations | 01 Dec 2005 | Contributor(s):: Alejandro Strachan
This tutorial will describe some of the most powerful and widely used techniques for materials modeling including i) first principles quantum mechanics (QM), ii) large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and iii) mesoscale modeling, together with the strategies to bridge between them. These...
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Quantum Dot Lab
Tools | 12 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: Prasad Sarangapani, James Fonseca, Daniel F Mejia, James Charles, Woody Gilbertson, Tarek Ahmed Ameen, Hesameddin Ilatikhameneh, Andrew Roché, Lars Bjaalie, Sebastian Steiger, David Ebert, Matteo Mannino, Hong-Hyun Park, Tillmann Christoph Kubis, Michael Povolotskyi, Michael McLennan, Gerhard Klimeck
Compute the eigenstates of a particle in a box of various shapes including domes, pyramids and multilayer structures.
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Designing Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Materials
Online Presentations | 08 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: Timothy D. Sands
This tutorial reviews recent strategies for designing high-ZT nanostructured materials, including superlattices, embedded quantum dots, and nanowire composites. The tutorial highlights the challenges inherent to coupled electronic and thermal transport properties.
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Bandstructure in Nanoelectronics
Online Presentations | 01 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
This presentation will highlight, for nanoelectronic device examples, how the effective mass approximation breaks down and why the quantum mechanical nature of the atomically resolved material needs to be included in the device modeling. Atomistic bandstructure effects in resonant tunneling...
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Vladimir I. Gavrilenko
Prof. Vladimir I. Gavrilenko is at the Center for Materials Research and in the Department of Physics, of Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia. He received his MS degree from T. Shevchenko...
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