Future Trends in Microelectronics: Up the Nano Creek

CONTENTS

Preface

S. Luryi, J M. Xu, and A. Zaslavsky

1    PHYSICS: THE FOUNDATIONS

Is Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation Really Possible?

M. I. Dyakonov

Quantum Computation – Future of Microelectronics?

P. Hawrylak

Semiconductor Spintronics: Progress and Challenges

E. I. Rashba

Towards Semiconductor Spin Logic

I. Zutic and J. Fabian

Molecular Meso- and Nanodevices: Are the Molecules Conducting?

N. B. Zhitenev

The Problem of a Perfect Lens Made From a Slab With Negative Refraction

A. L. Efros

Is There a Linewidth Theory for Semiconductor Lasers?

B. Spivak and S. Luryi

Fermi Liquid Behavior of GaAs Quantum Wires

E. Levy, A. Tsukernik, M. Karpovski, A. Palevski, B. Dwir, E. Pelucchi, A. Rudra, E. Kapon, and Y. Oreg

2    BIOLOGY: WE ARE ALL ZOA

Towards Molecular Medicine

H. van Houten and H. Hofstraat

Interfacing the Brain – With Microelectronics?

A. V. Nurmikko, W. R. Patterson, Y.-K. Song, C. W. Bull, and John P. Donoghue

Synthetic Biology: Synthesis and Modification of a Chemical Called Poliovirus

S. Mueller, J. R. Coleman, J. Cello, A. Paul, E. Wimmer, D. Papamichail, and S. Skiena

Guided Evolution in Interacting Microchemostat Arrays for Optimization of Photobacterial Hydrogen Production

R. H. Austin, P. Galajda, and J. Keymer

Improvements in Light Emitters by Controlling Spontaneous Emission: From LEDs to Biochips

C. Weisbuch, A. David, M. Rattier, L. Martinelli, H. Choumane, N. Ha, C. Nelep, A. Chardon, G.-O. Reymond, C. Goutel, G. Cerovic, and H. Benisty

3    ELECTRONICS: ...