We present the experimental demonstration of a basic cell of quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), a transistorless computation paradigm which addresses the issues of device density and interconnection. The device presented is a six-dot quantum-dot cellular system consisting of a four-dot QCA cell and two electrometer dots. The system is fabricated using metal dots which are connected by capacit...

Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) provide very high scale integration potential, switching frequency, and have extremely low power demands, which make the QCA technology quite attractive for design implementation of large-scale, high-performance nanoelectronic circuits. However, state-of-the-art circuit designs were not derived by following a set universal rules, as is case CMOS circuits, and...