Neal G. Anderson

Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
201B Marcus Hall, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9292
(413) 545-0765
anderson@ecs.umass.edu
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/index.pl?id=4590

Information in Nanoelectronic Systems; Nanostructured Photovoltaics

Professor Anderson's research has traditionally focused on quantum semiconductor heterostructures and their applications in optoelectronic devices, including nanostructured solar cells.  His current interests focus on physical information theory and its application to assessment of the ultimate information processing capabilities of nanoelectronic devices and systems.

Research Interest	Potential Application
Physical limits in nanoelectronics	Assessment of information processing capabilities of nanoelectronic technologies, as limited by quantum effects, limited redundancy, and thermal noise.
Nanostructured photovoltaics	Use of nanostructures to enhance energy conversion efficiency and other characteristics of solar cells.

Honors and Awards

• UMass Distinguished Teaching Award (2006).

Publications

1. Neal G. Anderson, "Information Acquisition at the Nanoscale: Fundamental Considerations" IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 7, 521-526 (2008).
2. Ilke Ercan and Neal G. Anderson, "Structure Dependence of Nanoconductor Current in a Tight-Binding Microcanonical Model," IEEE NANO2008: Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, pp. 331-334 (2008).
3. Ilke Ercan and Neal G. Anderson, "Current and Information in the Microcanonical Picture of Nanoscale Transport," Journal of Computational Electronics 7, pp. 466-470 (2008).
4. Neal G. Anderson, "Accessible Information from molecular-scale volumes in electronic systems: Fundamental physical limits," Journal of Applied Physics 99, 043706 (2006).
5. Neal G. Anderson, "On Quantum Well Solar Cell Efficiencies," Physica E 14, 126-131 (2002).