Is there a minimum size and a maximum speed for a nanoscale amplifier?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 852, Issue , 1998, Pages 243-256

  Joachim, C ^a   Bergaud, C ^b   Pinna, H ^a   Tang, H ^a   Gimzewski, J K ^c  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

^b LAAS CNRS   (France)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0031820060     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09877.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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