Preface ix / S. Luryi, J. M. Xu and A Zaslavsky -- I INNOVATIONS IN ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEMS 1 -- Technology Innovation, Reshaping the Microelectronics Industry 4 / K. Kim and U.-I. Chung -- Challenges and Limits for Very Low Energy Computation 49 / F. Balestra -- Getting Rid of the DRAM Capacitor 59 / N. Rodriguez, F. Gamiz and S. Cristoloveanu -- Physics and Design of Nanoscale Field Effect Diodes for Memory and ESD Protection Applications 73 / D. E. Ioannou, Z. Chbili, A. Z. Badwan, Q. Li, Y. Yang and A. A. Salman -- Sharp-Switching CMOS-Compatible Devices with High Current Drive 81 / J. Wan, S. Cristoloveanu, S. T. Le, A. Zaslavsky, C. Le Royer, S. A. Dayeh, D. E. Perea and S. T. Picraux -- Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with a Composite Free layer: A New Concept for Future Universal memory 93 / A. Makarov, V. Sverdlov and S. Selberherr -- Silicon Carbide High Temperature Electronics - Is This Rocket Science? 102 / C. -M. Zetterling -- Microchip Post-Processing: There is Plenty of Room at the Top 110 / J. Schmitz -- EUV Lithography: Today and Tomorrow 120 / V. Y. Banine -- Manufacturability and Nanoelectronic Performance 133 / M. J. Kelly -- II OPTOELECTRONICS IN THE NANO AGE 139 -- Ultrafast Nanophotonic Devices For Optical Interconnects 142 / N. N. Ledentsov, V. A. Shchukin and J. A. Lott -- Will Optical Communications Meet the Challenges of the Future? 160 / D. K. Mynbaev -- Optical Antennae for Optoelectronics: Impacts, Promises, and Limitations 173 / H. Mohseni -- Spin Modulation: Teaching Lasers New Tricks 183 / J. Lee, G. Boéris, R. Oszwaldowski, K. Výborný, C. Gøthgen and I ?utić -- Silicon Photovoltaics: Accelerating to Grid Parity 194 / M. R. Pinto -- Two- and Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Advanced Silicon Solar Cells 210 / E. Sangiorgi, M. Zanuccoli, R. De Rose, P. Magnone and C. Fiegna -- Mechanical Energy harvesting with Piezoelectric Nanostructures: Great Expectations for Autonomous Systems 230 / G. Ardila, R. Hinchet, L. Montès and M. Mouis.

Charged Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Conversion and IR Sensing 244 / A. Sergeev, V. Mitin, N. Vagidov and K. Sablon -- Active Optomecjanical Resonators 254 / D. Princepe, L. Barea, G. O. Luiz, G. Wiederhecker and N. C. Frateschi -- IV PHYSICS FRONTIERS 263 -- State of the Art and Prospects for Quantum Computing 266 / M. I. Dyakonov -- Wireless, Implantable Neuroprosthesis: Applying Advanced Technology to Untether the Mind 286 / D. A. Borton and A. V. Nurmikko -- Correlated Electrons: A Platform for Solid State Devices 300 / S. D. Ha, Y. Zhou, R. Jaramillo and S. Ramanathan -- Graphene-Based Integrated Electronic, Photonic and Spintronic Circuit 308 / A. D. GŠuçlŠu, P. Potasz and P. Hawrylak -- Luttinger Liquid Behavior of Long GaAs Quantum Wires 319 / E. Levy, I. Sternfeld, M. Eshkol, M. Karpovski, A. Palevski, B. Dwir, A. Rudra, E. Kapon and Y. Oreg -- Toward Spin Electronic Devices Based on Semiconductor Nanowires 328 / S. Heedt, I. Wehrmann, K. Weis, H. Hardtdegen, D. GrŠutzmacher, Th. Schäpers, C. Morgan, D. E. BŠurgler and R. Calarco -- An Alternative Path for the Fabrication of Self-Assembled III-Nitride Nanowires 340 / A. Haab, M. Mikulics, T. Stoica, B. Kardynal, A. Winden, H. Hardtdegen, D. GrŠutzmacher and E. Sutter -- InAs Nanowires with Surface States as Building Blocks for Tube-Like Electrical Sensing Transitors 351 / N. V. Demarina, M. I. Lepsa and D. GrŠutzmacher -- Lévy Flight of Photoexcited Minority Carriers in Moderately Doped Semiconductors: Theory and Observation 359 / A. Subashiev and S. Luryi -- Terahertz Plasma Oscillations in Field Effect transistors: Main Ideas and Experimental Facts 373 / W. Knap and M. I. Dyakonov -- INDEX 395.