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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Special Issue on

Radio-Frequency Nanoelectronics

Guest Editors

Luca Pierantoni, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Fabio Coccetti, LAAS-CNRS Toulouse, France

Paolo Lugli, Technische Universität München, Germany

Stephen M. Goodnick, Arizona State University, AZ, USA

Call for Papers

Due to the new qualitative and quantitative improvements that nanotechnology allows, nanoelectronics has the potential to introduce a paradigm shift in electronic systems design similar to that of the transition from vacuum tubes to semiconductor technology. Since many nano-scale devices and materials exhibit their most interesting properties at radio-frequencies (RF), nanoelectronics represent an enormous and yet widely undiscovered opportunity for the microwave engineering community. However, these new concepts require theoretical and modeling foundations that are supported by established and sophisticated manufacturing and metrology capabilities. The issue at stake is paramount, to close the gap between the nano-science and a new generation of highly integrated and multifunctional devices, circuits, and systems in order to pave the way for a broad range of applications and operating frequencies, covering the RF spectrum, through the microwave spectrum, and up to the optical region.

The IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques invites manuscript submissions for a Special issue, with the aim to provide an appropriate venue, review perspectives, and foster innovations in the area of RF nanoelectronics/nanotechnology that is of interest for the MTT engineering community. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:

 

Devices and Systems

• Carbon nanotubes (CNT), graphene and nanowire (NW) for RF electronics
• Graphene nanoribbon (GNR) circuits: transmission lines, discontinuities, and energy band filters
• Semiconductor- and other novel material-based nanotechnology for RF electronics
• Nano-structured microwave metamaterials
• Nano-wireless sensors and power meters
• Nano antennas and arrays
• THz nano-electronics/photonics (signal generation/processing, photo emission/detection/conversion)
• Nano- interconnects for advanced RF packaging
• Nanoscale electro-mechanical switches (NEMS) and resonators
• Spin waves for RF nano-electronics (spintronics) and molecular electronics
• Nano-particles and nano-plasmonic structures for RF applications
• Superconducting nanostructures and RF nanodevices for quantum information processing

Theoretical Issues and Modeling

• Multiphysics modeling of nanostructures and nano-devices
• Ballistic transport, periodic modes, wave solutions and multiport circuits in nano-materials
• Advanced techniques for the combined electromagnetic/coherent-transport problem in nano-devices
• Electrodynamics, field emission, radiation, detection and photo-generation in nano-structures
• Wave mixing, dispersive- and non linear-effects in nano-materials

Technology, Instrumentation, Imaging and Reliability

• Metrology and broadband characterization and of nanoscale devices/systems for RF applications
• Microwave nanoscale near field imaging and surface patterning
• Noise measurements of nanoscale devices
• CMOS compatibility and 3D-integration of carbon- and silicon/semiconductor-based nanodevices

Please see the Instructions for Authors guidelines. All submissions must be received by December 30, 2010 with a planned publication date of June 2011. Note that all submissions will go through the same review process as regular submissions.

 

77th ARFTG First Call for Papers

ARFTG will hold its 77th Microwave Measurement Conference at the Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland on Friday, June 10, 2011 as part of Microwave Week 2011.The main theme of this conference is the design and measurement of microwave systems.  Technical papers describing original work in the areas of design, measurement and analysis on the system level are solicited. Topics of particular interest include:

• System-level calibration and verification issues
• Non-linear measurements and modeling in integrated or system contexts
• Measurement system design issues and methodologies
• On-wafer and fixtured measurements
• Other areas of RF, microwave and/or millimeter wave measurement

Deadlines:

• Dec 31st, 2010:   Electronic Abstract/Summary due in Adobe pdf format
• March 11th, 2011: Publication-ready paper due in pdf format.

Paper acceptance and classification will be communicated by January 31st, 2011.

For more information, please visit www.arftg.org .

 

CFP: RadarCon '11

RadarCon11 will offer a rich technical program over a broad array of topics in radar systems and components, phenomenology, and signal processing.  The conference theme, "In the Eye of the Storm", highlights the strong regional interest in radar for severe weather analysis and tracking.  Broader implications of the theme reflect global interests such as radar’s role in assessing climate change, supporting myriad defense applications, as well as issues with spectrum allocation and management.

Abstract Submission:  Before October 15, 2010

Acceptance Notification:  January 14, 2011

Final Papers Due:  February 18, 2011

General Chair: Shannon Blunt, University of Kansas

Web Address:  www.ieeeradarcon11.org