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  1. Advances in Computers, Volume 71: Nanotechnology
  2. Introduction to DNA Self-Assembled Computer Design by Christopher Dwyer, Alvin Lebeck, 2007-12-31
  3. Computational Methods for Large Systems: Electronic Structure Approaches for Biotechnology and Nanotechnology by Jeffrey R. Reimers, 2011-03-07
  4. SUN POWERS LONDON CENTRE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY.: An article from: Computer Workstations by Gale Reference Team, 2007-03-01
  5. Better living through plasmonics: mixing light with nanotechnology could help treat cancer and build faster computers.: An article from: Science News by Jenny Lauren Lee, 2009-11-07
  6. Nanotechnology and Computer Engineering: 2010 Iita International Conference on Nanotechnology and Computer Engineering by Donald C. III Wunsh, 2010-10-15
  7. Digest of Papers Microprocesses and Nanotechnology 2000: 2000 International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference July 11-13, 2000 Tokyo, Japan by Japan) International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference (2000 : Tokyo, 2001-11
  8. Microprocessors & Nanotechnology Conference (Mnc 2001), 2001 International by Japan) International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference (14th : 2001 : Matsue-shi, 2002-03
  9. Nanotechnology and molecular computers / Nanotekhnologii i molekulyarnye kompyutery by N. G. Rambidi, 2007
  10. Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference, 1999 by Japan) International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference (1999 : Yokohama-shi, 1999-12
  11. Nanowires will make computers smarter: new breakthroughs may overcome limits to Moore's law--at least for a while.(Computers): An article from: The Futurist by Rick Docksai, 2010-05-01
  12. There are challenges: Future computing challenges will make present computers seem as clunky as an old mainframe. (Pursuits).: An article from: Computer User by Nelson King, 2001-12-01
  13. Encyclopaedia of Nano Computers by Thomas Watts, 2006-12-30
  14. Food nanotechnology - in search of a regulatory framework.: An article from: Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal by Ksenia Takhistova, 2009-06-22

1. Foresight Update 16 Page 1
The Third Foresight Conference on Molecular nanotechnology computerAided Designof Molecular Systems will be held in Palo Alto on October 14-16, 1993.
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Nanotechnology in Medicine
by Gregory Fahy
The following paper was presented by Dr. Fahy of the American Red Cross at the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention in fall 1992. Our thanks to the Institute for Alternative Futures for arranging the lecture.
Dr. Gregory Fahy discusses his presentation on medical applications of nanotechnology with participants at Foresight's First General Conference in November 1992.
Pathways to Molecular Nanotechnology
Molecular nanotechnology has many precedents. Enzymes are natural molecular machines that adsorb individual reactant molecules from the surrounding solution and, as a result of precisely orienting them with respect to each other in a protected "nanoenvironment," catalyze reactions in a highly specific manner at very high speeds and under mild reaction conditions. This simple process in biological systems ultimately allows synthesis of structures as diverse as carbon dioxide and hair. In fact, living organisms are naturally-existing, fabulously complex systems of molecular nanotechnology. If nature can produce the biochemical capabilities of living cells by accident, molecular engineers should be able to accomplish comparable, but broader capabilities by design, guided in part by the examples provided by living systems. Living organisms are naturally-existing, fabulously complex systems of molecular nanotechnology.

2. Sci.nanotech Archives: Nanotechnology Computer Chip Work
nanotechnology computer chip work Al Globus (globus@nas.nasa.gov)Search tool 18 Jul 1995 180647 0400
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18 Jul 1995 18:06:47 -0400 I'm interested in relatively near-term applications of nanotechnology or nanotechnology-like systems to computer chip development. Can anyone give me a pointer to relevant information? Thanks. Al Globus

3. >NANOTCAD : Nanotechnology Computer Aided Design
Swiss Participation in European Research Programmes EUProgramme IST. Project-Title NANOTCAD nanotechnology computer aided design. Keywords
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Swiss Participation in European Research Programmes EU-Programme : IST Project-Title : NANOTCAD : Nanotechnology computer aided design Keywords : Quantum effects; nanoelectronics devices; coupled semiclassical/full quantum simulation approach Beneficiary : Wolfgang Fichtner (fichtner@iis.ee.ethz.ch) Organisation / Company :
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Project Duration : Contribution BBW/OFES : CHF 415'700. Project-Number : BBW 99.0508 Project Partners : Abstract As miniaturization of electronics devices progresses from the sub-micron to the few nanometre scale, the influence of quantum mechanical effects on device operation becomes so dominating that 'traditional' semiconductor devices suffer severe performance degradation or cease to function at all. Thus it is essential that devices be developed which operate because of quantum mechanical effects rather than in spite of them. Various candidate structures for such devices have been proposed; but often they cannot be manufactured in a reproducible way, require prohibitive processing tolerances or make use of tunnelling junctions formed by random dopant arrangement and thus need to be tuned individually to suitable operating conditions. It is the aim of the simulation work package of NANOTCAD to develop a simulation framework that can be used to study candidate structures for semiconductor based nanoelectronics devices in order to find out whether or not they might be suitable for ultra large scale integration.

4. Fractal Robots For Building Nanotechnology Compatible Computer
Guaranteed Sales People who have already bought a fractal nanotechnology computerdo not lose out when fractally smaller cubes become available.
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At its ultimate implementation, the nanocomputer is the smallest manufacturable mesoscopic fractal robotic cube engineered to fulfill an additional role - that of a dedicated computing system. The design of a fractal nanocomputer is no trivial task using conventional principles. However, using fractal nanotechnology principles, the exercise reduces to a fairly simple exercise where you build a fractal nanocomputer at the large scale and providing you followed fractal principles, the computer technology scales downward to whatever resolution limit imposed by the technology you are using.
Employing The Functionality of The Built in Microcontroller of a Robotic Cube

All active robotic cubes have a limited microcontroller to perform basic operations such as communications and control of internal mechanisms. To make a fractal nanocomputer, you can increase the power of the microcontroller and / or farm out existing functionality to turn the system into a fractal nanotechnology compatible computer. The system is fractal because you can tile successively smaller robotic cubes in the same structure as illustrated in figure 1; increasing the power of the computer as each cube is added. (You need to ensure that there are some cubes in the structure that posses both smaller and larger interfaces to allow the two different scales of computers to mix.) Providing the smaller robotic cubes retain the same functionality as the larger computers then you can expand the power of the collective of CPUs to perform computationally intensive tasks like data processing and number crunching by paralleling up the CPUs through the built in fractal operating system.

5. NANOTCAD : Nanotechnology Computer Aided Design

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Quantum effects; nanoelectronics devices; coupled semiclassical/full quantum simulation approach Project begins Project ends Contact Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fichtner Phone E-mail fichtner@iis.ee.ethz.ch Organisation ETH Zürich Institut für Integrierte Systeme Street Gloriastrasse 35 ZIP / City Zürich Country Switzerland top Project information English German French Italian x Key words x Alternative project number x Research programs x Short description x Partners and International Organizations x Abstract x References in databases top Alternative project number (English) EU project number: IST-1999-10828 top back to project information Research programs (English) top back to project information Short description (English) See abstract top back to project information Partners and International Organizations (English) Universita degli studi di Pisa (I), National Microelectronics Research Centre, Cork (IRL), TU Wien IME (A) top back to project information Abstract (English) As miniaturization of electronics devices progresses from the sub-micron to the few nanometre scale, the influence of quantum mechanical effects on device operation becomes so dominating that 'traditional' semiconductor devices suffer severe performance degradation or cease to function at all. Thus it is essential that devices be developed which operate because of quantum mechanical effects rather than in spite of them. Various candidate structures for such devices have been proposed; but often they cannot be manufactured in a reproducible way. It is the aim of the simulation work package of NANOTCAD to develop a simulation framework that can be used to study candidate structures for semiconductor based nanoelectronics devices in order to find out whether or not they might be suitable for ultra large scale integration.

7. Integrated Nanosystems 2002 Design, Synthesis Application
In an ideal scenario, one could envision integrated nanotechnology computer aideddesign (CAD) tools proposing and guiding the progress in the near future.
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8. Is Small The Next Big Thing? | CNET News.com
that can switch between two states will work for processing that information theway today's CPUs do, said Phil Keukes, a nanotechnology computer architect at
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news analysis Nanotechnology was once the stuff of science-fiction fantasy: Tiny robots tinkering on a microscopic scale, killing cancers or eradicating pollution. Today, spurred by research and investment, the science of building almost unfathomably small things is maturing with the help of a growing number of devotees in the technology industry and on Wall Street. Technology leaders such as IBM, Intel and Hewlett-Packardas well as start-ups and the U.S. governmentare spending big bucks to make the science of nanotechnology commercially viable. They're building a world in which the technology will be used for memory chips, mini-computers, cancer treatments and even military applications. At the simplest level, nanotechnology is the manipulation of single atoms and molecules to create objects that can be smaller than 100 nanometers. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, which is about a hundred-thousandth of the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

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NANOTCAD nanotechnology computer Aided Design.
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Published or Accepted Papers on international journals (alphabetical order) [1] P. Coli, G. Iannaccone, ''Modeling of self-organized InAs quantum dots embedded in an AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure'' , Nanotechnology [Pdf] [Ps.gz] [2] F. Crupi, C. Ciofi, A. Germanò, G. Iannaccone, J. H. Stathis and S. Lombardo, ''On the role of interface states in low-voltage leakage currents of metal–oxide–semiconductor structures '', [3] F. Crupi. G. Iannaccone, C. Ciofi, B. Neri, S. Lombardo and C. Pace, "Low frequency current noise in unstressed/stressed thin oxide metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors", Solid State Electronics, in press. [4] G. Curatola and G. Iannaccone, "Quantum confinement in silicon-germanium electron waveguides", Nanotechnology [Pdf] [Ps.gz] [5] T. Gurov, M. Nedjalkov, P. Whitlock, H.Kosina and S. Selberherr, ``Femtosecond relaxation of hot electrons by phonon emission in presence of electric field'', Physica B , (2002). (accepted). [Ps] [6] G. Fiori and G. Iannaccone, M. Macucci, S. Reitzenstein, S. Kaiser, M. Kesselring, L. Worschech and A. Forchel, "Experimental and theoretical investigation of quantum point contacts for the validation of models for surfaces states", Nanotechnology

10. CMP Científica - NanoSpain The Spanish Nanotechnology Network
Search within IST. NANOTCAD. IST1999-10828. nanotechnology computer AidedDesign (summary webpage online when contract signed). Search within IST.
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click on acronym to view summary Project Number Project Title NAIS IST-2000-28018 Next Generation Active Integrated Optic Subsystems Search within IST NANOCOLD IST-2001-32264 Nanodeposition Of Active Ordered Structures By Cold Atoms Technologies Search within IST NANOINDEX IST-2001-38094 Nanotechnology Industry Exchanges Search within IST NANOLITH IST-1999-11806 Arrays of microguns for parallel e-beam nanolithography Search within IST NANOMAG IST-2001-33546 Preparation of highly magnetic air-stable nanocrystalline materials

11. Feynman Grand Prize Page 1
and build two nanotechnology devices a nano-scale robotic arm and a computing devicethat demonstrates the feasibility of building a nanotechnology computer.
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Summary Foresight Institute offers a $250,000 prize for the first persons to design and build two nanotechnology devices - a nano-scale robotic arm and a computing device that demonstrates the feasibility of building a nanotechnology computer. Nanotechnology is an emerging technology based upon the ability to assemble individual molecules and atoms into precise structures. Its realization will pave the way for building such devices as supercomputers the size of a sugar cube, and nanorobots that could repair damage inside human cells. The large cash prize is expected to focus the efforts of many researchers working in nanotechnology-related fields. For more information see http://www.foresight.org

12. Nanotechnology
Find books, videos, journals, newsgroups, and nanotech conference information. often called "nanotechnology.". Submicron lithography is clearly very valuable (ask anyone who uses a computer!) but it
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  • Foresight Senior Associates Gathering , May 2-4, 2003, Crowne Plaza Cabana, Palo Alto, California The next few paragraphs provide a brief introduction to the core concepts of molecular nanotechnology, followed by links to further reading. Manufactured products are made from atoms. The properties of those products depend on how those atoms are arranged. If we rearrange the atoms in coal we can make diamond. If we rearrange the atoms in sand (and add a few other trace elements) we can make computer chips. If we rearrange the atoms in dirt, water and air we can make potatoes. Todays manufacturing methods are very crude at the molecular level. Casting, grinding, milling and even lithography move atoms in great thundering statistical herds. It's like trying to make things out of LEGO blocks with boxing gloves on your hands. Yes, you can push the LEGO blocks into great heaps and pile them up, but you can't really snap them together the way you'd like. In the future, nanotechnology will let us take off the boxing gloves. We'll be able to snap together the fundamental building blocks of nature easily, inexpensively and in most of the ways permitted by the laws of physics. This will be essential if we are to continue the revolution in computer hardware beyond about the next decade, and will also let us fabricate an entire new generation of products that are cleaner, stronger, lighter, and more precise.

13. Bigchalk: HomeworkCentral: Nanotechnology (Computer Science)
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    The computer Engineering Aspects of Micro and. nanotechnology. EE 2022
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    16. Nanotechnology At Zyvex: Computer-Aided Design
    diamond synthesis movie. It is a certainty that we cannot build any interestingnanotechnology without powerful computeraided design software.
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    Movie at right is a simulated reaction showing dimer deposition during diamond synthesis. More simulations and reaction movies are available here . Zyvex has several open source and free tools available for modelling, and people wishing to get involved are welcome to participate in this work. It is a certainty that we cannot build any interesting nanotechnology without powerful computer-aided design software. The amount of software needed for this process is enormous, and there are a number of subproblems to deal with:
    Physical design
    Physical design, from system design tools (I want to build a car) to detailed component design (the doorknob should look like this) to detailed assembler instructions (which subcomponents to assemble first, and where the atoms go in those) is one pathway thru this system.
    Simulation
    Before building something we can't see, if would be useful to simulate the mechanisms we have designed. Simulation might start at a system level (let me simulate a test drive of the car), move to the mechanisms (make sure I can open and close the door), down to the molecular dynamics of the moving parts (make sure the fuel pumps don't fly apart when spun very fast on a very hot day).
    Test
    In order to know if we have succeeded in building a correct device, we need a test plan, both during construction, and a final test to assure proper operation. Assuring fail-safe operation is related to this; these complex systems must have built-in self test and the ability to fail gracefully if damaged.

    17. Resources Of Scholarly Societies
    List of computer science groups and societies worldwide, maintained by the University of Waterloo, Canada. devoted to nanotechnology.. FI. Gabungan Komputer Nasional Malaysia = Malaysian National computer Confederation In
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    Last Updated: 2003, January 8 Computer Science This is one of a set of subject pages in the Scholarly Societies Project , which facilitates access to websites of scholarly societies across the world. A set of guidelines is used in determining whether to include resources. Links to websites of scholarly societies in Computer Science are given below. The URL-Stability Index for this collection of Computer Science sites is 206.0/227 = . The URL-stability index for each site below is given graphically in the left-hand column as the URL-stability rank for that site. URL Stability Rank Society Name Abbrev. American Association for Artificial Intelligence AAAI American Association for History and Computing AAHC American Automatic Control Council AACC American Medical Informatics Association AMIA American Society for Cybernetics ASC American Society for Information Science ASIS American Society for Precision Engineering ASPE Arbeitsgemeinschaft Simulation = Working Group on Simulation ASIM Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network [In English.] APBioNet [In Spanish.]

    18. NASA Applications Of Molecular Nanotechnology
    structures, modeling and computer aided design will inevitably play a critical role.Not only is computation critical to all paths to nanotechnology, but for
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    Al Globus, David Bailey, Jie Han, Richard Jaffe, Creon Levit, Ralph Merkle, and Deepak Srivastava Published in The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society , volume 51, pp. 145-152, 1998.
    Abstract
    Laboratories throughout the world are rapidly gaining atomically precise control over matter. As this control extends to an ever wider variety of materials, processes and devices, opportunities for applications relevant to NASA's missions will be created. This document surveys a number of future molecular nanotechnology capabilities of aerospace interest. Computer applications, launch vehicle improvements, and active materials appear to be of particular interest. We also list a number of applications for each of NASA's enterprises. If advanced molecular nanotechnology can be developed, almost all of NASA's endeavors will be radically improved. In particular, a sufficiently advanced molecular nanotechnology can arguably bring large scale space colonization within our grasp.
    Introduction
    This document describes potential aerospace applications of molecular nanotechnology, defined as the thorough three-dimensional structural control of materials, processes and devices at the atomic scale. The inspiration for molecular nanotechnology comes from

    19. Info@UALR:UALR Building A Better Computer ... With Nanotechnology
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    Dr. Jerry Darsey and researchers in UALR's Center for Theoretical Studies of Molecular and Biomolecular Systems are conducting research in nanotechnology involving transition atoms in nanotubes. Single-walled carbon nanotubes are only 1/50,000th the diameter of a human hair, but are known to have extraordinary mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. UALR scientists are working to model metallic elements inside nanotubes that have properties best suited for ideal energy transfer and energy diffusions between the different parts of a nanotube. By creating these models, UALR researchers dramatically refine the choices of elements used by synthetic chemists in developing a wide range of improved products using nanotechnology. So how does all this translate to a faster computer? One of the most exciting applications of nanotube research is the potential development of "nanologic circuits." According to Darsey, we are fast-approaching the limits of current silicon chips and new nanologic circuits would allow scientists to place 100, even 1,000 times the number of circuits on a square-inch microchip. Nanologic circuits mean faster, smaller computers that use less energy. "This is an important area of science — one that is growing quickly," said Darsey. "More and more people are working in this particular field, but we have been doing nanotechnology research at UALR for the past five or six years."

    20. Smart Computing-Editorial
    solutions, hardware answers, PC basics, software solutions, software tutorials,hardware advice.Featured Where nanotechnology The computer Industry Meet
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    Think that tiny CPU powerhouse in your hopped-up desktop rig is an impressive hunk of hardware? Don’t get cocky, kid. If all goes according to plan in the labs at Bell, HP, IBM, and startups around the world, advances in nanotechnology will make your 1.8GHz kick-butt processor look like an abacus. In fact, one of the leaders of the nanotechnology revolution, Stan Williams, head of Basic Research at HP Labs in Palo Alto, Calif., claims, “The age of computing has not yet begun.” By designing circuits and microprocessors that are smaller than the eye can see, “It should be possible to compute at least 1 billion times (and possibly much more) more efficiently than is currently possible. When we consider how much more powerful such systems would be, our current technology is trivial by comparison.”
    Williams is talking about the real new, new thing: nanotechnology, or the ability to manipulate simple materials at the molecular level, in this case, to make functioning computer components that are a thousandth of the width of a human hair. Instead of etching transistors onto silicon that is microns wide, emerging techniques will rearrange molecules and atoms that are nanometers wide in materials such as carbon and even crystals so that they can be made to act as transistors, wires, or even processors in computers that are thousands of times more powerful than the ones we use today. These new techniques will let computer processor and storage manufacturers get beyond the natural limits of writing transistors onto silicon, a limit most experts believe we will hit in the next 15 years.

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