Merged CMOS/Molecular Integrated Circuit Fabrication, Analysis, and Design NSF NIRT Grant 0210585

considering how nano-devices and nano-circuits can be assembled, modeled and designed with the requirements of large-scale integration and manufacturability in mind1. Current microelectronics technology is dominated by silicon CMOS technology. As this technology is scaled to smaller dimensions and higher densities, eventually fundamental physical limits of MOS transistors will be reached. It is the hope of molecular electronics to replace the functionality of conventional circuits with new devices based single (or a small number) molecules. As with any new microelectronics technology, it is likely that molecular devices will be introduced in a somewhat gradual way. Molecular devices will be used for critical functions along with conventional CMOS for other functions. As the scale of integration increases, more and more of the functionality will shift to the molecular devices. The motivation for our program is to develop the underlying science and technology to enable integration of functional molecular devices with conventional electronics. It is then critical to understand materials compatibility and device performance issues at the outset. Our program includes efforts on molecular synthesis, basic device functionality, compatible materials and fabrication methods, device modeling, and higher level abstractions leading to functional circuit architectures. Ou