U.S.-China Cooperative Research (Material Science): Novel Phenomena in Electron Transport

该奖项支持在随机无序介质物理学方面的合作研究。在随机杂质分布、电子-光子相互作用和电子-电子相互作用的影响下，各种理论方法将被用来得到无序介质中电子输运的更精确的解。通过使用非微扰方法，预计会有更高的精确度。对无序介质物理的更好的理解应该有助于无序材料在材料科学的重要领域的扩展应用的潜力，例如进一步开发亚微米器件、太阳能电池和平面显示器。这项由纽约大学城市学院的Joseph Bman博士和中国科学院(CAS)理论物理研究所苏兆斌教授开展的合作研究，是由美国国家科学基金会和中国科学院根据美国/中国基础科学合作议定书联合支持的。

This award supports collaborative research on the physics of random-disordered media. Various theoretical methods will be used to develop more exact solutions for electron transport in disordered media under the influence of random impurity distributions, electron-photon interactions, and electron-electron interactions than were previously possible. Greater exactness is expected through use of a non-perturbational approach. Improved understanding of the physics of disordered media should contribute to the potential for expanded application of disordered material in important areas of materials science such as further development of submicron devices, solar cells, and planar displays. This collaborative research between Dr. Joseph Birman, City College, CUNY, and Professor Su Zhaobin, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is jointly supported by NSF and CAS under the US/PRC Protocol on Cooperation in Basic Sciences.