Analysis of nano and molecular arrays of negative differential resistance devices for sensing and electronics

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1136-1141

  Gimenez, Alejandro J ^a,b   Luna Barcenas, Gabriel ^b   Seminario, Jorge M ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Molecular electronics; NanoCell; Nanotechnology; Negative differential resistance; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURABLE; MATHEMATICAL PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR ARRAYS; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NANOCELL; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE DEVICE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; OPERATION STATE; PROGRAMMABILITY; RANDOM METHODS; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENT;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

EID: 77956633151     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2026003     Document Type: Article

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