CAREER: Quantum Transport of Charges in Graphene

职业：石墨烯中电荷的量子传输

• 批准号: 0748910
• 负责人: Chun Ning Lau
• 金额: $ 51.12万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0748910&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Quantum; Transport; Charges; Graphene

Technical:The goal of this Faculty Early Career Development at University of California, Riverside (UCR) is to experimentally investigate quantum transport of charges in graphene devices coupled to normal and superconducting electrodes. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms, and has attracted tremendous attention since its experimental isolation in 2004. Electrons in graphene behave like relativistic, massless Dirac fermions, and are predicted to exhibit novel phenomena such as Veselago lensing (optics-like focusing of charges). Its materials properties, such as high electrical and thermal conductivity, have made it a highly desirable electronic material for post-silicon device engineering. This project will provide important information on the fundamental electrical properties of graphene, and enable new functionalities in graphene-based electronic devices. In addition, this project explores the interplay between superconductivity and relativistic particles, which is expected to give rise to novel phenomena such as chargeless transport of thermopower and spin. An educational extension of the research efforts is the development of a laboratory course, Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructures, that aims at bringing modern tools and excitement to undergraduate physics education. Taking advantage of the ethnic diversity of UCR's student population and local communities, this project will actively involve high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, especially minority and women, in cutting-edge research. Non-technical: The goal of this Faculty Early Career Development at University of California, Riverside (UCR) is to experimentally investigate the electrical properties of graphene coupled to normal and superconducting electrodes. Graphene, first experimentally isolated in 2004, consists of carbon atoms only one atomic layer thick, with the unique characteristic that its electrons behave as if they have zero mass. This fascinating attribute of graphene is predicted to give rise to many novel phenomena, such as Veselago lensing (optics-like focusing of electron rays), that may enable new types of devices. Combined with its highly desirable materials properties, such as high electrical and thermal conductivity, graphene has attracted tremendous interest as a post-silicon electronic material. This project will provide important information on the fundamental electrical properties of graphene, and enable new functionalities in graphene-based electronic devices. An educational extension of the research effort is the development of a laboratory course (Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructures) that aims at bringing modern tools and excitement to undergraduate physics education. Taking advantage of the ethnic diversity of UCR's student population and local communities, this project will actively involve high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, especially minority and women, in cutting-edge research.

技术：加州大学滨江分校（UCR）的这个教师早期职业发展的目标是实验研究耦合到正常和超导电极的石墨烯设备中电荷的量子传输。石墨烯是单层碳原子，自2004年实验分离以来引起了极大的关注。石墨烯中的电子表现得像相对论性的、无质量的狄拉克费米子，并且被预测会表现出新的现象，如Veselago透镜（电荷的光学聚焦）。其材料特性，如高导电性和导热性，使其成为后硅器件工程中非常理想的电子材料。该项目将提供有关石墨烯基本电学性质的重要信息，并在石墨烯电子器件中实现新功能。此外，该项目还探索了超导性和相对论粒子之间的相互作用，预计将产生新的现象，如热电和自旋的不带电传输。研究工作的教育延伸是实验室课程的开发，纳米结构的制造和表征，旨在为本科物理教育带来现代工具和兴奋。利用UCR学生人口和当地社区的种族多样性，该项目将积极参与高中，本科和研究生，特别是少数民族和妇女，在尖端研究。非技术性：加州大学滨江分校（UCR）的这一教师早期职业发展的目标是实验研究石墨烯耦合到正常和超导电极的电性能。石墨烯于2004年首次通过实验分离出来，由只有一个原子层厚的碳原子组成，其独特的特性是其电子的行为就好像它们的质量为零。石墨烯的这一迷人属性预计将引发许多新的现象，例如Veselago透镜（电子射线的光学聚焦），这可能会使新型设备成为可能。结合其非常理想的材料特性，例如高导电性和导热性，石墨烯作为后硅电子材料引起了极大的兴趣。该项目将提供有关石墨烯基本电学性质的重要信息，并在石墨烯电子器件中实现新功能。研究工作的教育延伸是实验室课程（纳米结构的制造和表征）的开发，旨在为本科物理教育带来现代工具和兴奋。利用UCR学生人口和当地社区的种族多样性，该项目将积极参与高中，本科和研究生，特别是少数民族和妇女，在尖端研究。