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Information, Noise, and Energy Dissipation: Laws, Limits, and Applications

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This chapter addresses various subjects, including some open questions related to energy dissipation, information, and noise, that are relevant for nano- and molecular electronics. The object is to give a brief and coherent presentation of the results of a number of recent studies of ours.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, TAMUS 3128, College Station, TX, 77843-3128, USA

    Laszlo B. Kish & Sunil P. Khatri

  2. The Ångström Laboratory, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 534, SE-75121, Uppsala, Sweden

    Claes-Göran Granqvist & Gunnar A. Niklasson

  3. CiNet, NICT, Osaka University, 1-4 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Ferdinand Peper

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Kish, L.B., Granqvist, CG., Khatri, S.P., Niklasson, G.A., Peper, F. (2017). Information, Noise, and Energy Dissipation: Laws, Limits, and Applications. In: Ogawa, T. (eds) Molecular Architectonics. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57096-9_2

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