Intermediate-gap Colloidal Doped Quantum Dots

技术总结本研究旨在开发新型胶体稀磁半导体量子点和量子点异质结构，用于基于自旋的电子或光子技术的基础研究和潜在应用。合成，分析和光谱技术将被整合，以优化新的物理现象，并为这类新兴材料开发基本的结构/功能关系。具体研究目标包括：（i）开发和研究制备高质量掺杂无机硫属化物纳米结构的新合成路线（ii）通过应用掺杂剂特异性光谱探针结合质谱和其他分析技术对合成进行详细研究（iii）通过应用一系列先进的光谱和磁光谱技术描述掺杂量子点电子结构（iv）开发和演示半导体纳米材料中用于自旋操纵的新结构基序。光学测量，以了解和利用与基于自旋的信息处理技术相关的新型磁性半导体纳米结构的物理特性。除了产生新的基础科学见解和新材料外，这项研究还将为本科生和研究生提供在重要技术领域进行先进的跨学科教育和培训的机会，以便为他们未来的科学和工程职业做好准备。学生将参加UW的跨学科纳米技术博士课程，将通过用户设施获得对我们国家实验室的宝贵接触，并将获得与国际合作的宝贵经验，这些合作涉及对这些材料在巴西，德国，印度，荷兰，加拿大，西班牙，大韩民国和瑞士等不同地区的应用感兴趣的科学家和工程师。重点将放在研究和教育在本科层次的整合，通过积极参与研究的本科生，实验和概念的研究纳入华盛顿大学本科实验室课程，并与教师和学生从全国各地的本科院校合作。

TECHNICAL SUMMARYThis research seeks to develop new colloidal diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dots and quantum dot heterostructures for fundamental research and potential application in spin-based electronics or photonics technologies. Synthetic, analytical, and spectroscopic techniques will be integrated to optimize new physical phenomena and develop fundamental structure/function relationships for this emerging class of materials. Specific research objectives include:(i) development and investigation of new synthetic routes for preparing high-quality doped inorganic chalcogenide nanostructures(ii) detailed investigation of syntheses by application of dopant-specific spectroscopic probes in combination with mass spectrometry and other analytical techniques(iii) description of doped quantum dot electronic structures by application of an array of advanced spectroscopic and magneto-spectroscopic techniques(iv) development and demonstration of new structural motifs for spin manipulation in semiconductor nanocrystalsNON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYThis research will combine innovations in chemical preparative methodologies with sophisticated optical and magneto-optical measurements in order to understand and harness the physical properties of new magnetic semiconductor nanostructures relevant to spin-based information processing technologies. In addition to yielding new fundamental scientific insights and new materials, this research will also provide undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities for advanced interdisciplinary education and training in technologically important areas in order to prepare them for future careers in science and engineering. Students will participate in UW's interdisciplinary Nanotechnology PhD program, will gain valuable exposure to our national laboratories through user facilities, and will gain valuable experience with international collaborations involving scientists and engineers interested in applications of these materials in locations as diverse as Brazil, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland. Emphasis will be placed on integration of research and education at the undergraduate level through aggressive involvement of undergraduates in the research, incorporation of experiments and concepts from the research into the UW undergraduate laboratory curriculum, and collaboration with faculty and students from undergraduate institutions across the country.