Modeling electrostatic and quantum detection of molecules

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 857-862

  Vasudevan, Smitha ^a   Walczak, Kamil ^a   Kapur, Neeti ^a   Neurock, Matt ^a   Ghosh, Avik W ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Coulomb scattering; Field effect transistor (FET); Quantum interference; Random telegraph signal (RTS); Time dependent NEGF

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; MODULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BACK GATES; DEPLETION LAYERS; DIFFERENT MODES; NANO SCALING; QUANTUM DETECTION; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL (QM); TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE-FUNCTIONS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 44649148950     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.923264     Document Type: Article

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