Emerging nanoelectronics

European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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Molecular scale approaches to information processing devices, circuits and architectures
Information technology and telecommunications

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• Information technology
• Information processing
• Applied research
• Research program
• Informatique
• Marketing et communication

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English

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Funded by DG Information Society, European Commission

FET Proactive Initiative 2004

Emerging Nanoelectronics

Molecular scale approaches to information processing devices, circuits and architectures

AnEmerging Nanoelectronicsinitiative is planned for call 3 of the IST 2004 work programme. It will address research work on molecular-scale approaches with promising potential for future information processing systems. It will cover three main areas of research. ✔ Hybrid molecular approaches aiming at exploiting the benefits of molecular-scale phenomena in the context of submicron semiconductor platforms; ✔ One-dimentional structures, aiming at developing functions based on the characteristics of nanotubes and nanowires, leading to new devices and connections; ✔ Advanced molecular approaches to information processing, using molecules as the core of information processing, and storage systems. Research will combine work on devices and corresponding architectures, and will include a combination of modeling, prototyping and characterisation.

Background information on the Emerging Nanoelectronics proactive initiative TheNanotechnology Information Devices (NID)is the current FP5 initiative on future information processing and storage nano-systems based on nanometer-scale concepts.

Three inter-related objectives were: ✔ To developnovel architecturesand designs for information processing systems adequate for nano-scale implementation; ✔ To developnovel devices: a logic gate, memory cell, or other elementary processor. Key issues are scalability, power consumption, and potential for room temperature operation; ✔ To develop tools and techniques for the fabricationof structures with critical dimensions around or below 10 nm. These combine surface patterning and nano- manipulation techniques with self-organisation and self-assembly concepts; Projects currently funded (FP5): ✔ 21 Projects resulted from 2 focused calls in 1999 and 2001; with an additional 16 projects arising from the open call. Total funding for these projects is above 50 M€. ✔ The PHANTOMS Network of Excellence provides a platform for co-operation among NID and associated projects. www.phantomsnet.com A list of funded projects can be found at http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fet/nidsy.htm