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Chris
Dwyer Associate Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Computer Science Duke University Office: 209B Hudson Hall (919) 660-5275 c DO T dwyer A T duke DO T edu |
ECE 590.TBD - Integrated Molecular Systems (next F13)
ECE 331 - Introduction to Integrated Circuits (F05)
ECE 511 - Foundations of Nanoscale Science and Technology (S05, S06, S08, S11, S12, next F14)
ECE 350 - Digital Systems (F06, F07, S08, F09, F10, F11, S12)
ECE 611 - Nano- and molecular-scale computing (S07, S10, F12, next S14)
ECE 331 - Introduction to Integrated Circuits (F05)
ECE 511 - Foundations of Nanoscale Science and Technology (S05, S06, S08, S11, S12, next F14)
ECE 350 - Digital Systems (F06, F07, S08, F09, F10, F11, S12)
ECE 611 - Nano- and molecular-scale computing (S07, S10, F12, next S14)
Research Interests (Group website) (List of publications) (Software)
Embedded computing at molecular-scales
Computer architectures for emerging nanotechnologies
DNA Self-assembly for computer
system fabrication
Hybrid DNA/silicon semiconductor processing
New device technologies enabled by self-assembly
Simulation of nanoscale systems and DNA self-assembly
Applied DNA nanotechnology (see Parabon Nanolabs, Inc.)
Research synopsis:
We study the
design and fabrication of nanostructures as applied specifically to the
fabrication of future computing and sensor systems: devices-to-computer
architecture. The terms 'nanocomputing' or 'molecular computing'
refer
to the fabrication techniques (e.g., self-assembly)
that have the potential to create devices with critical dimensions near
the molecular scale (i.e., < 10nm).
However, defects introduced during self-assembly require a change in
the way we design and build these
systems.
Self-assembly is a bottom-up fabrication technique that can be used to achieve molecular scale resolution. Some of the images to the right are atomic force microscope (AFM) images of several nanostructures that we have fabricated in our lab. The goal is to use these structures to integrate active nanoelectronic devices into a fully self-assembled circuit technology - and to study the new forms of computer architecture that the technology enables. To do this we have adopted a broad and vertical research approach to cover topics in the synthesis and design of DNA nanostructures, nanoscale device and circuit modeling, and studies of emerging computer architectures.
Self-assembly is a bottom-up fabrication technique that can be used to achieve molecular scale resolution. Some of the images to the right are atomic force microscope (AFM) images of several nanostructures that we have fabricated in our lab. The goal is to use these structures to integrate active nanoelectronic devices into a fully self-assembled circuit technology - and to study the new forms of computer architecture that the technology enables. To do this we have adopted a broad and vertical research approach to cover topics in the synthesis and design of DNA nanostructures, nanoscale device and circuit modeling, and studies of emerging computer architectures.
March 2013