CAREER: Nanoscale Composition Control and Characterization of One-Dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructures

该CAREER项目的主要目标是：（1）通过电子和磁性掺杂控制成分调制的半导体纳米线的电子和磁性;（2）使用原子探针显微镜以单原子灵敏度和亚纳米分辨率绘制掺杂纳米线和纳米线异质结构的成分的能力;（3）利用阴极荧光显微镜和扫描探针技术研究一维半导体纳米线基质中掺杂物的局域电磁特性;以及（4）将联合收割机扫描探针显微术与电输运测量相结合，以将单个电子和磁性掺杂剂原子的局部性质和分布与单个半导体纳米线的新颖的电、光和磁性质相关联。该方法是首先建立控制掺杂在半导体纳米线通过无机合成的物理限制，然后演示如何从掺杂剂原子和异质界面在一维主机材料的局部性质产生一个单一的纳米线的新的全球电子和磁性，检查，例如，如何改变屏蔽长度在1-D系统影响纳米线同质结和异质结的电子特性。此外，磁性掺杂剂原子的自旋有序介导的巡回运营商与1-d的状态密度将进行探讨。对纳米材料的理解、表征和控制有望推动纳米材料科学和技术的发展。该项目涉及电子/光子材料科学中具有技术相关性的基础研究问题。该项目是跨学科的，涉及化学，物理，工程和材料科学，并具有很强的潜在技术相关性。预计该项目还将加强研究和教育的基础设施。外联工作，包括为代表人数不足的群体和女子学院的妇女提供研究经验，是计划活动的一个组成部分。在本科课程中，正在开发一门课程，将实验室研究经验纳入纳米级表面表征课程，以培训未来劳动力在具有战略重要性的领域的成员。此外，PI与不同的高中教师群体合作，在芝加哥公立学校系统中接触到不同的学生群体。他的目标是为大芝加哥地区及其他地区的所有学生创造更多的机会，使他们从西北大学的广泛资源中受益。

The primary objectives of this CAREER project are: (1) control of electronic and magnetic properties of compositionally modulated semiconductor nanowires via electronic and magnetic doping; (2) ability to map the composition of doped nanowires and nanowire heterostructures with single atom sensitivity and sub-nanometer resolution using atom-probe microscopy; (3) to explore unique local electronic and magnetic characteristics of dopants in one-dimensional semiconductor nanowire hosts using catholuminescence microscopy and scanning probe techniques; and (4) to combine scanning probe microscopy with electrical transport measurements to relate local properties and distribution of individual electronic and magnetic dopant atoms to novel electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of individual semiconductor nanowires. The approach is to first establish the physical limits of controlled doping in semiconductor nanowires through inorganic synthesis; to then demonstrate how novel global electronic and magnetic properties of a single nanowire arise from local properties of dopant atoms and heterointerfaces in a one-dimensional host material, examining, for example, how altered screening lengths in 1-d systems affect electronic properties of nanowire homojunctions and heterojunctions. Additionally, spin ordering of magnetic dopant atoms mediated by itinerant carriers with a 1-d density of states will be explored. Nanomaterials understanding, characterization, and control achieved are expected to advance the science and technology of nanomaterials.%%% The project addresses fundamental research issues in electronic/photonic materials science having technological relevance. The project is interdisciplinary involving chemistry, physics, engineering and materials science, and has strong potential technological relevance. The project is also expected to enhance the infrastructure for research and education. Outreach efforts, including research experiences for under-represented groups and women from female colleges, are an integral part of the planned activities. Within the undergraduate curriculum, a course is being developed that will integrate laboratory research experience into a course on nanoscale surface characterization to train members of the future workforce in an area of strategic importance. Additionally, the PI works with a diverse group of high school teachers that reach a diverse student population in the Chicago Public School system. It is his goal to create more opportunities for all students in the greater Chicago area and beyond to benefit from the broad resources at Northwestern University.***