Nano-net: 4th International Icst Conference, Nano-net 2009, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 18-20, 2009, Proceedings (lecture Notes Of The Institute ... And Telecommunications Engineering)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nano-Networks, Nano-Net 2009, held in Lucerne, Switherland, in October 2009. The 36 invited and regular papers address the whole spectrum of Nano-Networks and spans topis like modeling, simulation, statdards, architectural aspects, novel information and graph theory aspects, device physics and interconnects, nanorobotics as well as nano-biological systems. The volume also contains the workshop on Nano-Bio-Sensing Paradigms as well as the workshop on Brain Inspired Interconnects and Circuits. Front Matter....Pages - The Impact of Persistence Length on the Communication Efficiency of Microtubules and CNTs....Pages 1-13 Single and Multiple-Access Channel Capacity in Molecular Nanonetworks....Pages 14-23 Timing Information Rates for Active Transport Molecular Communication....Pages 24-28 Information Transfer through Calcium Signaling....Pages 29-33 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....Pages 34-38 RF Control of Biological Systems: Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 39-45 Sub-micrometer Network Fabrication for Bacterial Carriers and Electrical Signal Transmission....Pages 46-50 Pulse-Density Modulation with an Ensemble of Single-Electron Circuits Employing Neuronal Heterogeneity to Achieve High Temporal Resolution....Pages 51-56 Carbon Nanotube Nanorelays with Pass-Transistor for FPGA Routing Devices....Pages 57-63 Quantum-Like Computations Using Coupled Nano-scale Oscillators....Pages 64-69 Optimization of Nanoelectronic Systems Reliability by Reducing Logic Depth....Pages 70-75 Coherent Polarization Transfer through Sub-wavelength Hole Arrays....Pages 76-83 Study on Electrical and Optical Properties of the Hybrid Nanocrystalline TiO 2 and Conjugated Polymer Thin Films....Pages 84-89 Through Silicon Via-Based Grid for Thermal Control in 3D Chips....Pages 90-98 Can SG-FET Replace FET in Sleep Mode Circuits?....Pages 99-104 Functional Model of Carbon Nanotube Programmable Resistors for Hybrid Nano/CMOS Circuit Design....Pages 105-110 Designing Reliable Digital Molecular Electronic Circuits....Pages 111-115 Creating Nanotechnicians for the 21st Century Workplace....Pages 116-127 Chances and Risks of Nanomaterials for Health and Environment....Pages 128-133 Fabrication of Elastomeric Nanofluidic Devices for Manipulation of Long DNA Molecules....Pages 134-140 Repeater Insertion for Two-Terminal Nets in Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits....Pages 141-150 Nanophotonics for Lab-on-Chip Applications....Pages 151-160 Highly Sensitive Arrays of Nano-sized Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes for Industrial and Bio Imaging....Pages 161-168 A Cancer Diagnostics Biosensor System Based on Micro- and Nano-technologies....Pages 169-177 Nanoelectrochemical Immunosensors for Protein Detection....Pages 178-188 Quantum Dots and Wires to Improve Enzymes-Based Electrochemical Bio-sensing....Pages 189-199 Ultra Low Energy Binary Decision Diagram Circuits Using Few Electron Transistors....Pages 200-209 Organic Memristors and Adaptive Networks....Pages 210-221 Nanostencil and InkJet Printing for Bionanotechnology Applications....Pages 222-228 A New Method for Evaluating the Dynamics of Human Brain Networks Using Complex-Systems....Pages 229-230 On Two-Layer Hierarchical Networks How Does the Brain Do This?....Pages 231-241 Reduced Interconnects in Neural Networks Using a Time Multiplexed Architecture Based on Quantum Devices....Pages 242-250 On the Reliability of Interconnected CMOS Gates Considering MOSFET Threshold-Voltage Variations....Pages 251-258 On Wires Holding a Handful of Electrons....Pages 259-269 Improving Nano-circuit Reliability Estimates by Using Neural Methods....Pages 270-275 A Bayesian-Based EDA Tool for Nano-circuits Reliability Calculations....Pages 276-284 Back Matter....Pages -