Short-Term Visit to Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul to Plan Research on Materials with Electronic and Photonic Applications

该美洲项目奖将支持特拉华大学的Robert Opia博士计划访问巴西阿雷格里港的费西卡联邦大学和南里奥格兰德大学，与Jonder Morais教授讨论拟议的联合研究项目。拟议的项目将侧重于对电子和光子设备具有重要意义的接口。这项研究的重点包括：将电子和空穴注入有机导体，用于发光二极管和光伏；用于电子和磁性应用的介电/半导体和介电/金属界面上的电荷转移；以及限制半导体激光器对金属污染的敏感性的方法。这一研究领域与全球半导体工业有直接的技术兴趣和相关性。这次访问将使研究人员不仅可以讨论拟议的研究，而且还可以讨论与每个小组相关的学生的教学和培训，以及预期的学生交流。这种交流不仅可以直接转移研究知识和专业知识，还可以为学生的文化教育做出贡献。

This Americas Program award will support Dr. Robert Opila of the University of Delaware for a planning visit to the Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil to discuss a proposed joint research project with Professor Jonder Morais. The proposed project would focus on interfaces of importance to electronic and photonic devices. Among the topics the research would focus on are injection of electrons and holes into organic conductors for light emitting diode and photovoltaic applications, charge transfer at dielectric/semiconductor and dielectric/metal interfaces for electronic and magnetic applications, and methods to limit the susceptibility of semiconductor lasers to metallic contamination.This area of research has direct technological interest and relevance to the global semiconductor industry. The visit will enable the researchers to discuss not only the proposed research, but also the teaching and training of the students associated with each group in terms of expected student exchanges. Such exchanges would not only transfer research knowledge and expertise directly, but they also contribute to the students' cultural education.