Chladni patterns based on nanomechanics in the microfluidic environment are presented. In contrast with the macroscopic observations in the gaseous environment, nanoparticles are found to move to the nodes, whereas micron-sized particles move to the antinodes of the vibrating interface. This opens the door to size-based sorting of particles in microfluidic systems, and to highly parallel and co...

Since the discovery of graphene and related forms of two-dimensional (2D) atomic layer crystals, numerous studies have reported on the fundamental material aspects, such as the synthesis, the physical properties, and the electrical properties on the transistor level. With the advancement in large-area synthesis methods, system level integration to exploit the unique applications of these materi...

A multistep self-assembly process is proposed for the preparation of nanometer-scale electronics. The process is based on the assembly of a DNA network that serves, in turn, as a template for the subsequent assembly of functional elements using different levels of molecular recognition ability. Inter-element connectivity and connection to the “macroscopic world” is achieved by instilling electr...

Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) provide very high scale integration potential, switching frequency, and have extremely low power demands, which make the QCA technology quite attractive for design implementation of large-scale, high-performance nanoelectronic circuits. However, state-of-the-art circuit designs were not derived by following a set universal rules, as is case CMOS circuits, and...

Nanowire crossbar is an efficient nanoscale architecture which can be used for logic circuit design. In this work, we study and compare different crossbar nanoarchitectures and their application in logic circuit implementation. To evaluate the performance of crossbar architecture compared to the conventional CMOS logic design, we have implemented logic circuits using both approaches. The equiva...

Random telegraph noise (RTN) has become an important reliability issue in nanoscale circuits recently. This study proposes a simulation framework to evaluate the temporal performance of digital circuits under the impact of RTN at 16 nm technology node. Two fast algorithms with linear time complexity are proposed: statistical critical path analysis and normal distribution-based analysis. The sim...

Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors play an important part in many integrated electronic circuits in the areas of analog, microwave, and radio frequency systems. However the transverse dimensions of current MIM capacitors are in the micrometer scale. If integrated circuits continue to be miniaturized, the capacitor, alongside other components, must also be miniaturized to realize nanoelectro...

We have calculated key characteristics of associative (content-addressable) spatial-temporal memories based on neuromorphic networks with restricted connectivity—“CrossNets.” Such networks may be naturally implemented in nanoelectronic hardware using hybrid memristive circuits, which may feature extremely high energy efficiency, approaching that of biological cortical circuits, at much higher o...

We have calculated the key characteristics of associative (content-addressable) spatial-temporal memories based on neuromorphic networks with restricted connectivity -"CrossNets". Such networks may be naturally implemented in nanoelectronic hardware using hybrid CMOS/memristor circuits, which may feature extremely high energy efficiency, approaching that of biological cortical circuits, at much...