Molecular electronics: devices, systems and tools for gigagate, gigabit chips

New electronics technologies are emerging which may carry us beyond the limits of lithographic processing down to molecularscale feature sizes. Devices and interconnects can be made from a variety of molecules and materials including bistable and switchable organic molecules, carbon nanotubes, and, single-crystal semiconductor nanowires. They can be self-assembled into organized structures and attached onto lithographic substrates. This tutorial reviews emerging molecular-scale electronics technology for CAD and system designers and highlights where ICCAD research can help support this technology.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: ICCAD
• Authors: Michael Butts, André DeHon, Seth Copen Goldstein
• Keywords: Hardware, ICCAD 2002, Lithographic Substrates, Single-crystal Semiconductor Nanowires, Switchable Organic Molecules