Table of Contents
Nano-Net 2009
Full Papers and Invited Papers
The Impact of Persistence Length on the Communication Efficiency of Microtubules and CNTs Stephen F. Bush Sanjay Goel 1
Single and Multiple-Access Channel Capacity in Molecular Nanonetworks Baris Atakan Ozgur B. Akan 14
Timing Information Rates for Active Transport Molecular Communication Andrew W. Eckford 24
Information Transfer through Calcium Signaling Tadashi Nakano Jian-Qin Liu 29
Quantitative Analysis of the Feedback of the Robust Signaling Pathway Network of Myosin V Molecular Motors on GluR1 of AMPA in Neurons: A Networking Approach for Controlling Nanobiomachines Jian-Qin Liu Tadashi Nakano 34
RF Control of Biological Systems: Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks Hooman Javaheri Guevara Noubir Sanaa Noubir 39
Sub-micrometer Network Fabrication for Bacterial Carriers and Electrical Signal Transmission Gaël Bringout Sajjad Saeidlou Sylvain Martel 46
Pulse-Density Modulation with an Ensemble of Single-Electron Circuits Employing Neuronal Heterogeneity to Achieve High Temporal Resolution Andrew Kilinga Kikombo Tetsuya Asai Yoshihito Amemiya 51
Carbon Nanotube Nanorelays with Pass-Transistor for FPGA Routing Devices Ming Liu Haigang Yang Sansiri Tanachutiwat Wei Wang 57
Quantum-Like Computations Using Coupled Nano-scale Oscillators Nikolai Nefedov 64
Optimization of Nanoelectronic Systems Reliability by Reducing Logic Depth Milos Stanisavljevic Alexandre Schmid Yusuf Leblebici 70
Coherent Polarization Transfer through Sub-wavelength Hole Arrays Martin P. van Exter Erwin Altewischer J.P. (Han) Woerdman 76
Study on Electrical and Optical Properties of the Hybrid Nanocrystalline TiO2 and Conjugated Polymer Thin Films Le Ha Chi Nguyen Nang Dinh Pham Duy Long Dang Tran Chien Tran Thi Chung Thuy 84
Through Silicon Via-Based Grid for Thermal Control in 3D Chips José L. Ayala Arvind Sridhar Vinod Pangracious David Atienza Yusuf Leblebici 90
Can SG-FET Replace FET in Sleep Mode Circuits? Marius Enachescu Sorin Cotofana Arjan van Genderen Dimitrios Tsamados Adrian Ionescu 99
Functional Model of Carbon Nanotube Programmable Resistors for Hybrid Nano/CMOS Circuit Design Weisheng Zhao Guillaume Agnus Vincent Derycke Ariana Filoramo Christian Gamrat Jean-Philippe Bourgoin 105
Designing Reliable Digital Molecular Electronic Circuits Ci Lei Dinesh Pamunuwa Steven Bailey Colin Lambert 111
Creating Nanotechnicians for the 21st Century Workplace Michael Burke Kristi Jean Cheryl Brown Rick Barrett Carrie Leopold 116
Chances and Risks of Nanomaterials for Health and Environment Michael Riediker 128
Fabrication of Elastomeric Nanofluidic Devices for Manipulation of Long DNA Molecules Elena Angeli Chiara Manneschi Luca Repetto Giuseppe Firpo Corrado Boragno Ugo Valbusa 134
Repeater Insertion for Two-Terminal Nets in Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits Hu Xu Vasilis F. Pavlidis Giovanni De Micheli 141
Workshop on Nano-Bio-Sensing Paradigms and Application Full Papers and Invited Papers
Nanophotonics for Lab-on-Chip Applications Peter Seitz 151
Highly Sensitive Arrays of Nano-sized Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes for Industrial and Bio Imaging Edoardo Charbon 161
A Cancer Diagnostics Biosensor System Based on Micro- and Nano-technologies Pedro Ortiz Neil Keegan Julia Spoors John Hedley Alun Harris Jim Burdess Richie Burnett Margit Biehl Werner Haberer Thomas Velten Matthew Solomon Andrew Campitelli Calum McNeil 169
Nanoelectrochemical Immunosensors for Protein Detection Alessandro Carpentiero Manuela De Leo Ivan Garcia Romero Stefano Pozzi Mucelli Freimut Reuther Giorgio Stanta Massimo Tormen Paolo Ugo Martina Zamuner 178
Quantum Dots and Wires to Improve Enzymes-Based Electrochemical Bio-sensing Sandro Carrara Cristina Boero Giovanni De Micheli 189
Ultra Low Energy Binary Decision Diagram Circuits Using Few Electron Transistors Vinay Saripalli Vijay Narayanan Suman Datta 200
Organic Memristors and Adaptive Networks Victor Erokhin Tatiana Berzina Svetlana Erokhina M.P. Fontana 210
Nanostencil and InkJet Printing for Bionanotechnology Applications Kristopher Pataky Oscar Vazquez-Mena Juergen Brugger 222
Workshop Toward Brain Inspired Interconnects and Circuits - Full Papers and Invited Papers
A New Method for Evaluating the Dynamics of Human Brain Networks Using Complex-Systems Jian-Qin Liu Shigeyuki Kan Takahiko Koike Satoru Miyauchi 229
On Two-Layer Hierarchical Networks How Does the Brain Do This? Valeriu Beiu Basheer A.M. Madappuram Peter M. Kelly Liam J. McDaid 231
Reduced Interconnects in Neural Networks Using a Time Multiplexed Architecture Based on Quantum Devices Peter M. Kelly Fergal Tuffy Valeriu Beiu Liam J. McDaid 242
On the Reliability of Interconnected CMOS Gates Considering MOSFET Threshold-Voltage Variations Mawahib Hussein Sulieman 251
On Wires Holding a Handful of Electrons Valeriu Beiu Walid Ibrahim Rafic Z. Makki 259
Improving Nano-circuit Reliability Estimates by Using Neural Methods Azam Beg 270
A Bayesian-Based EDA Tool for Nano-circuits Reliability Calculations Walid Ibrahim Valeriu Beiu 276
Author Index 285