Understanding energy dissipation and transport in nanoscale structures is of great
importance for the design of energy-efficient circuits and energy-conversion systems. This is …

Many metal–insulator–metal systems show electrically induced resistive switching effects
and have therefore been proposed as the basis for future non-volatile memories. They …

On the road towards higher memory density and computer performance, a significant
improvement in energy efficiency constitutes the dominant goal in future information …

Sooner or later, fundamental limitations destine complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
(CMOS) scaling to a conclusion. A number of unique switches have been proposed as …

This paper provides an overview of directed self-assembly (DSA) options that exhibit
potential for enabling extensible high-volume patterning of nanoelectronics devices. It …

Commercial products are now making use of the unique properties of nanoscale particles.
However, common challenges of making nanoparticles into products still limit their impact. In …

Aggressive scaling of semiconductor process technology over the last several decades has
resulted in creation of many new products, such as computers, camera, cell phones, and …

Interconnects are considered as one of the grandest challenges that gigascale and
terascale integrations face because of the delay they add to critical paths, the power they …

Thin liquid film phase transition is often used to solve high heat flux heat transfer problem
due to the high heat transfer coefficient. Both the surface wettability and the liquid film …

In this tutorial particular attention is given to the computing power in the physical layer of
wireless devices, which are energy and power limited. Communication uses the power in …