CAREER: Optoelectronics and Nanometer-Scale Photonics of Single-Molecules, Nanometer-Scale Assemblies, and Nanoparticles

俄克拉荷马大学的Lloyd Bumm教授得到了分析和表面化学项目的支持，研究单分子的电致发光。其方法是以一种新的方式将光学光谱和扫描隧道显微镜(STM)相结合。扫描隧道显微镜将被用来成像电发光体，而光子计数方案将被用来将外加电压和隧道电流的影响与光子产额和相关光谱相关联。将研究分子动力学，以及贵金属纳米颗粒的电光特性。这份职业规划是与Nomadics合作制定的，Nomadics是俄克拉何马州的一家公司，将新兴技术引入市场。PI的教育计划包括为教师提供研究经验。纳米技术使我们能够以一种全新的方式思考分子。分子电子学的长期利益将以更小、更高速的电子产品的形式实现。接受这些跨学科技术培训的学生将能够为改进通信和其他光子应用方面的努力做出贡献。

Professor Lloyd Bumm of U. of Oklahoma is supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry program to study the electroluminescence of single molecules. The approach is to integrate optical spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in a new way. STM will be used to image electrolumophores while a photon counting scheme will be employed to correlate the effect of applied voltage and tunneling current with the photon yield and associated spectrum. Molecular dynamics will be studied, as well as electrooptic features of noble metal nanoparticles. This CAREER plan is developed in collaboration with Nomadics, an Oklahoma company that brings emerging technology into the marketplace. The PI's education plan includes research experience for teachers. Nanotechnology has allowed us to think about molecules in a fundamentally new way. The long-term benefit of molecular electronics will be realized in the form of smaller, higher-speed electronics. Students trained in these interdisciplinary technologies will be able to contribute to efforts in improved communications and other photonic applications.