An ab initio approach to the calculation of current-voltage characteristics of programmable molecular devices Conference Paper

abstract

• Molecular electronics can be developed if we are able to program a random arrangement of molecules or a field-programmable molecular random array. The ansatz that small molecules can be programmed needs to be demonstrated; this means characterizing the smallest molecular system with programmable features. We demonstrate that even two molecules in a series conformation can have multivalued responses and, thus, is able to be programmed; we also indicate how to extend this programmability to other molecular circuit conformations. Current programs for the calculation of current-voltage characteristics of electronic circuits, needed for such demonstrations, are only capable of predicting single-valued characteristics. We present results from our ab initio procedures that couple the molecular approaches with a practical analysis of molecular circuits having strong nonlinearities. 2003 IEEE.

authors

• Seminario, Jorge

published proceedings

• PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

author list (cited authors)

• Seminario, J. M., Cordova, L. E., & Derosa, P. A.

citation count

• 67

complete list of authors

• Seminario, JM||Cordova, LE||Derosa, PA

publication date

• November 2003

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Journal

keywords

• Molecular Design Flow
• Molecular Electronics
• Molecular Electronics Design Automation (meda)
• Nanoelectronics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/JPROC.2003.818328

start page

• 1958

end page

• 1975

volume

• 91

issue

• 11