Nanoelectronics and Information Technology

The Editor: Rainer Waser is Professor of Physics at the faculty for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the RWTH Aachen University and Director at the Institute of Solid State Research (IFF) at the HGF Research Center Jülich, Germany. In 1984, he received his PhD in physical chemistry at the University of Darmstadt, and worked at the Philips Research Laboratory, Aachen, until he was appointed professor in 1992. His research group is focused on fundamental aspects of electronic materials and on such integrated devices as non-volatile memories, specifically ferroelectric memories, logic devices, sensors and actuators. Throughout, he has been collaborating with major semiconductor industries in Europe, the US, and the Far East. He has been honored with the IEEE "Ferroelectrics Recognition Award 2000". Rainer Waser has organized several international conferences, published about 200 technical papers and holds ten patents. Since 2001, he has been the coordinator of the research program Information Technology and Nanoelectronics within the German National Research Centers (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft).

FUNDAMENTALS
Dielectric and Optical Properties (S. Hoffmann-Eiffert,IFF,Jülich, Germany)
Ferroelectrics (S. Trolier-McKinstry,Department of Material Science,University Park,USA; D. Richter,IFF,Jülich,Germany)
Electronic Properties and Quantum Effects (H. Lüth,ISG,Jülich,Germany)
Magnetoelectronics (P.Grünberg,D. Bürgler,IFF,Jülich, Germany)
Organic Molecules (P. Atkins,Oxford,UK; R. Waser,Aachen, Germany)
Neurons (U. Kaupp,A. Baumann,IBI,Jülich,Germany)
Circuit and System Design (M. Dolle,Infineon,Munich, Germany)
TECHNOLOGY AND ANALYSIS
Deposition Methods (P. Ehrhart,IFF,Jülich,Germany)
Lithography (S. Okazaki,EUV Lithography Laboratory,Atsugi,Japan;J. Moers,ISG,Jülich,Germany)
Material Removing Techniques (S. McClatchie,LAM Research, Fremont,USA;S. Schneider,IFF,Jülich,Germany)
Diffraction and Fluorescence Methods (O. Seeck,IFF,Jülich,Germany)
Scanning Probe Techniques (P. Ebert,K. Szot,IFF,Jülich,Germany;A. Roelofs,Aachen,Germany)
LOGIC DEVICES
Silicon MOSFETs (E. Young,Philips Semiconductor,IMEC,Leuven,Belgium;S. Mantl,ISG,Jülich,Germany;P. Griffin,SNF,Stanford,Germany)
Ferroelectric FETs (H. Ishiwara,Inst. Technology,Tokyo,Japan;H. Kohlstedt,IFF,Jülich,Germany)
Quantum Transport Devices (K. Maezawa,School of Engineering,Nagoya,Japan;A. Förster,ISG,Jülich,Germany)
Single-Electron Devices for Logic Applications (K. Uchida,Advanced LSI Technology Laboratory,Yokohama,Japan)
Superconductor Digital Electronics (M. Siegel,IEGI,Karlsruhe,Germany)
Quantum Computing Using Superconductors (A. Ustinov,Institute of Experimental Physics,Erlangen,Germany)
Carbon Nanotubes for Data Processing (J. Appenzeller,IBM Watson Research Center,Yorktown Heights,USA;E. Joselevich,Weizman Inst.,Rehovot,Israel;W. Hönlein,Infineon,Munich,Germany)
Molecular Electronics (M. Mayor, H. Weber,Institute for Nanotechnology,Karlsruhe,Germany)
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
High-Permittivity Materials for DRAMs (A. Kingon,Department of Material Science,Raleigh,USA;H. Schroeder,IFF,Jülich,Germany)
Ferroelectric RAMs (S. Summerfelt,Texas Instruments,Dallas,USA;U. Böttger,IWE,Aachen,Germany)
Magnetoresistive RAMs (J. Slaughter,M. DeHerrera, Motorola,Tempe,USA;H. Dürr, BESSY,Berlin,Germany)
MASS STORAGE DEVICES
Hard Discs (A. Dietzel,IBM Europe, Mainz,Germany)
Magneto-Optical Discs (K. Röll,Experimental Physics,Kassel,Germany)
Rewriteable DVD based on Phase Change Materials (M. Wuttig,Experimental Physics,Aachen,Germany)
Holographic 3D Memories (M. Imlau,Physics Department,Osnabrück,Germany; T. Bieringer,Bayer AG,Leverkusen,Germany; S. G. Odoulov,National Academy of Sciences,Kiev,Ukraina;Th. Woike,Institute of Mineralogy,Cologne,Germany)
AFM-based Mass Storage Concepts (P. Vettiger,M. Despont,U. Dürig,M. A. Lantz,H. E. Rothuizen,G. K. Binnig,IBM Research Laboratory,Rueschlikon,Switzerland)
DATA TRANSMISSION AND INTERFACES
Transmission on Chip and Board Level (M. Mokwa,IWE,Aachen,Germany)
Lightwave Systems (Ch. Buchal,IFF,Jülich,Germany)
Microwave Communication Systems (N. Klein,ISG,Jülich,Germany)
Neuroelectronic Interfacing (P. Fromherz,MPI Biochemistry,München,Germany)
SENSOR ARRAYS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS
Optical 3-D Time-of-Flight Imaging System (B. J. Hosticka,W. Brockherde,R. Jeremias,Institute of Microelectronic Circuits,Duisburg,Germany)
Pyroelectric Detector Arrays for IR Imaging (P. Muralt,EPFL,Lausanne,Switzerland;H. R. Beratan,Raytheon Systems,Texas,USA)
Electronic Noses (D. Kohl,Physics Department,Giessen,Germany)
Tactile Sensors (K. Machida,NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories,Atsugi,Japan;J. Kent,Elo TouchSystems Inc., Fremont,California,USA)
DISPLAYS
Liquid Crystal Displays (S.-T. Wu, School of Optics,Orlando,USA;R. Zorn,IFF, Jülich,Germany)
Organic LED Displays (S. R. Forrest,Department of Electrical Engineering,Princeton,USA;M. Pfeiffer,IAPP,Dresden,Germany)
Plasma and Field-Emission Displays (P. Bachmann et al. Philips Research,Aachen,Germany)
Electronic Paper (S. Jungk,D. Theiss,Infineon,Munich,Germany)