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Introduction to Nanoelectronics (6.701)

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() key to symbols Prereq: 6.003
Units: 4-0-8

Transistors at the nanoscale. Quantization, wavefunctions, and Schrodinger's equation. Introduction to electronic properties of molecules, carbon nanotubes, and crystals. Energy band formation and the origin of metals, insulators and semiconductors. Ballistic transport, Ohm's law, ballistic versus traditional MOSFETs, fundamental limits to computation.

M. A. Baldo