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@INPROCEEDINGS{gayer09actea,
  author = {Marek Gayer and Giuseppe Iannaccone},
  title = {A software platform for nanoscale device simulation and visualization},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools
	for Engineering Applications},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {432-437},
  address = {Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon},
  publisher = {Notre Dame University, Lebanon},
  abstract = {NanoFEM platform is a new research environment based on the finite
	element method (FEM) for Technology CAD (TCAD) simulation and visualization
	of nanoscale devices, such as MOSFET transistors. The simulation
	in NanoFEM platform is based on solving partial differential equations
	corresponding to physical processes in modelled devices. A user or
	developer can provide these equations in a variational form format,
	and can define solver modules based on a FEM library with ability
	of automatic generation of finite elements and finite element forms.
	Solver modules can define fields for simulation and visualization
	and boundary conditions. Simple boundary conditions and material
	properties can also be specified directly in the graphical user interface.
	Geometry for the solved case can be defined either in graphical user
	interface or using Python scripting. Quality tetrahedral meshes necessary
	for FEM simulations are generated automatically. Visualization and
	post-processing is available in graphical user interface. We present
	some of related major existing solutions, namely open source geometry
	editors, mesh generators, computation libraries and visualization
	tools for FEM. We discuss major software components of the NanoFEM
	platform, i.e. Salome Platform and DOLFIN/FEniCS. We present an example
	simulation and visualization in NanoFEM platform. This is a simulation
	of the Poisson's equation on a 3D structure consisting of several
	geometry groups and materials forming a FinFET transistor with a
	mesh consisting of hundreds of thousands tetrahedrons. Because NanoFEM
	platform consists almost entirely of open source software components,
	others could eventually build similar solutions including, but not
	limited to TCAD device simulations after reading and reviewing the
	NanoFEM platform design and components.},
  doi = {10.1109/ACTEA.2009.5227880}
}