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What is “Process Modeling” for<br />

Molecular Devices?<br />

• Contact formation: need to follow influence of temperature<br />

etc. on evolution of contact.<br />

• Molecular level:<br />

atom by atom<br />

⇒ Molecular Dynamics<br />

• Problem:<br />

MD may never get to<br />

relevant time scales<br />

* 1-week simulation of 1000-atom metal<br />

system, EAM potential<br />

Accessible simulated time*<br />

Computational Materials Science and Engineering<br />

s<br />

ms<br />

μ s<br />

ns<br />

Moore’ s law<br />

1990 2000<br />

Year<br />

2010

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