Maxwell's demon and quantum-dot cellular automata

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1050-1060

  Timler, John ^a   Lent, Craig S ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

LOGICAL REVERSIBILITY;

AUTOMATA THEORY;

EID: 0042267273     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1581350     Document Type: Review

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