SGER: Liquid Logic-The 3rd Wave in Electronics

SGER：液体逻辑——电子学的第三次浪潮

• 批准号: 0439074
• 负责人: Andrew Steckl
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cincinnati Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-11-15 至 2006-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0439074&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Liquid; Logic; 3rd; Wave

Research ObjectivesThe objective of this research is to determine the feasibility of liquid state electronics. At the heart of the proposed "liquid logic" transistors is the electrowetting (EW) process. EW provides control of the contact angle between an electrolyte and a solid surface through the application of an electric field across the liquid. Combining the EW effect in a conducting (polar) liquid with a hydrophobic insulator we can design an insulated gate field effect transistor (IGFET) structure that is functionally very similar to the semiconductor MOSFET. The main activities of the project will be: investigation of materials choices; design, fabrication and characterization of liquid state transistors.Intellectual Merit & Broader ImpactLiquid logic is a revolutionary new approach to electronics that proposes to use liquids as the active medium. The development of liquid electronics will enable large area ("human-scale") circuits for various applications: large flat or flexible panel displays, large array antennas, scanners/printers/copiers, large area sensors, full-size medical imaging systems, photovoltaic arrays, electrotextiles (wearable electronics), electronic newspapers. This project will provide interactions with faculty and graduate students at the University of Cincinnati (UC) in Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Engineering. Biomedical applications of liquid logic transistors will be explored in collaboration with the UC Medical School.

研究目标本研究的目标是确定液态电子学的可行性。所提出的“液体逻辑”晶体管的核心是电润湿（EW）过程。EW通过在液体上施加电场来控制电解质和固体表面之间的接触角。将导电（极性）液体中的EW效应与疏水绝缘体相结合，我们可以设计出功能上与半导体MOSFET非常相似的绝缘栅场效应晶体管（IGFET）结构。该项目的主要活动将是：材料选择的调查;液态晶体管的设计、制造和表征。智力优势更广泛的影响液体逻辑是一种革命性的新方法，电子学，建议使用液体作为活性介质。液体电子学的发展将使大面积（“人类规模”）电路用于各种应用：大型平面或柔性面板显示器，大型阵列天线，扫描仪/打印机/复印机，大面积传感器，全尺寸医学成像系统，光伏阵列，电子纺织品（可穿戴电子产品），电子报纸。该项目将提供与辛辛那提大学（UC）电气工程，化学，物理和材料工程的教师和研究生的互动。液体逻辑晶体管的生物医学应用将与加州大学医学院合作探索。