Seventh Quantum 1/F Noise and Other Low Frequency Fluctuations in Electronic Devices : Seventh Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, August 1998. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Seventh Quantum 1/F Noise and Other Low Frequency Fluctuations in Electronic Devices : Seventh Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, August 1998

The seventh in a series which had been initiated by A. van der Ziel and C.M. Van Vliet in 1985, this symposium continues the established tradition by bringing together scientists from university, industry and governmental laboratories interested in the quantum 1/f effect, in its many high technology applications, and in other, less fundamental, low frequency fluctuations in electronic devices. For smaller sizes, the steep 1/N increase hampers again the relentless miniaturization process. This is where we have arrived in continuously scaling down the size of devices and integrated circuits. These considerations explain the resurgence of interest in 1/f noise in the present nanotechnology phase of the miniaturization process. There is strong interest for 1/f noise in quantum wires. The quantum 1/f effect in biological realizations of quantum wires, in biological motors and in molecular switches is also of major interest.