Magnetic Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata: Recent Developments and Prospects A. Orlov1 ∗, A. Imre1 2, G. Csaba3, L. Ji1, W. Porod1, and G. H. Bernstein1 1University of Notre Dame, Center for Nano Science and Technology, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA 2Currently at Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division and Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne, IL 60439, USA 3Technical University of ...

The tools for optically imaging cellular potassium concentrations in real-time are currently limited to a small set of molecular indicator dyes. Quantum dot-based nanosensors are more photostable and tunable than organic indicators, but previous designs have fallen short in size, sensitivity, and selectivity. Here, we introduce a small, sensitive, and selective nanosensor for potassium measurem...

We perform measurements on an AlGaAs/GaAs double-quantum-dot structure, where dots are separated by an opaque barrier and each dot conductance is measured independently and simultaneously. We measure the Coulomb blockade oscillations ~CBOs! for each dot when the structure is configured for one and two dots. When configured as a single-dot device, we sweep the backgate and observe different CBO ...

In nanotechnologies, quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) offer promising and attractive features for nano-scale computing. QCA effectively overcomes the scaling shortfalls of CMOS technology. One of the variants of QCA is 4 Dot 2 Electron QCA which is well explored and researched. The main concentration of this study is on 2 Dot 1 Electron QCA, an emerging variant of QCA. A novel and efficient ...

We report an experimental demonstration of a logic cell for quantum-dot cellular automata ~QCA!. This nanostructure-based computational paradigm allows logic function implementation without the use of transistors. The four-dot QCA cell is defined by a pair of series-connected double dots, and the coupling between the input and the output double dots is provided by lithographically defined capac...

Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) are an emerging field-coupled nanotechnology with remarkable performance and energy efficiency. In order to enable the exploration of this technology, we propose a model for the logic synthesis of QCA circuits that, for the first time, considers and abstracts all main physical aspects—in particular, energy dissipation. To this end, we review in detail how ene...