An ab initio approach to the calculation of current-voltage characteristics of programmable molecular devices

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1958-1975

  Seminario, Jorge M ^a   Córdova, Luis E ^a   Derosa, Pedro A ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular design flow; Molecular electronics; Molecular electronics design automation (MEDA); Nanoelectronics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CIRCUIT THEORY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; RESONANT TUNNELING;

MOLECULAR DESIGN FLOW; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS DESIGN AUTOMATION (MEDA); NANOELECTRONICS;

MICROELECTRONICS;

EID: 2342661368     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2003.818328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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