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MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Fall 2003 Catalogue Supplement |
L TR2:30-4, Room 36-156
Prof. Marc Baldo, Room 13-3053, 2-5132, baldo@mit.edu
Prereq.: 6.728 or equivalent
3-0-9
This subject qualifies for the Devices, Circuits and Systems Engineering Concentration subject.
We will address potential applications and aspects of the theory of molecular-scale electronics. We will begin with possible molecular circuit architectures and devices. Then both optical and electronic properties of molecules will be discussed, including: radiationless transitions and energy transfer, the ramifications of molecular conformation changes, charge hopping in disordered films, metal/organic interfaces, and transmission formalism and conduction through single molecules. We will conclude with a discussion of molecular circuits in biology.
This is an advanced topics subject. There is no text. Supplementary material and references will be provided. There will be occasional problem sets and a term paper will be required.