Module 7NE: Molecular electronics (ELEC5220)
The developing field of molecular electronics will deliver benefits in scale, cost and efficiency, but currently presents exciting engineering challenges
On completion of this module, you will be able to:
- Have a good grasp of the basic building blocks behind current molecular-scale electronics and assembly research.
- Describe a number of molecular-scale circuit elements, how they are fabricated and measured, and what their physical properties are.
- Gain an understanding of the use of DNA as a means of directing the self-assembly of molecular-scale components into circuits and onto conventional semiconductor structures.
Outline syllabus
- Molecular-scale elements.
- Molecules that emulate conventional electronic circuit elements.
- Logic circuits using molecular diodes.
- Applications of carbon nanotubes in electronics.
- Semiconductor nanocrystals.
- Directed self-assembly of molecular circuits.
- Properties of DNA and its potential applications in molecular electronics.
- Possible self-assembled molecular-scale circuits of the future.
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