An Integrated Lab-on-a-Chip for Nanoelectronic Materials

纳米电子材料集成芯片实验室

• 批准号: 1028521
• 负责人: Md Haque
• 金额: $ 28.4万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1028521&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; Lab; Chip; Nanoelectronic; Materials

An Integrated Lab-on-a-Chip for Nanoelectronic MaterialsM. A. Haque, the Pennsylvania State UniversityThe objective of this research is to develop an integrated lab-on-a-chip type device for multi-domain characterization of nanoscale thin films of electronic materials. The approach is to nanofabricate a 3 mm x 3mm x 0.5 mm size device with multi-functional capabilities, such as force and displacement sensors and actuator for mechanical properties and micro-electrodes for electrical and thermal conductivity characterization. Intellectual Merits: The lab-on-a-chip tool will transform the current paradigm (single-domain characterization) to truly simultaneous multi-domain transport studies on nanoelectronic materials. The PI proposes that at the nanoscale, mechanical strain breaks down the conventional rules for scattering of electrons and phonons, giving rise to unprecedented coupling among physical domains. The PI will explore the role of extremely small length-scales on such coupling. The concept of extreme dimension-induced coupling will transform the current understanding in materials physics by removing the pre-requisite that special arrangement of atoms are required to exhibit any coupling (such as only centro-symmetric atoms lead to piezo-electricity) and thereby open a new area of multi-physics of materials. Broader Impacts: By enabling challenging cross-cutting experimental studies, the research will bridge the existing wide gap between theoretical and experimental studies on nanostructures. The scientific findings of this research will open the area of dimension and strain tunable electron and phonon transport in next generation nanoelectronic devices. The research will be integrated to education by developing education modules at the graduate level, hiring under-represented undergraduate research assistants and performing outreach activities in the State College area school District K-12 classes.

纳米电子材料集成芯片实验室M. A. Haque，宾夕法尼亚州立大学本研究的目的是开发一种集成的芯片实验室型设备，用于电子材料纳米级薄膜的多域表征。该方法是纳米制造一个3 mm x 3 mm x 0.5 mm大小的设备，具有多功能的能力，如力和位移传感器和致动器的机械性能和微电极的导电性和导热性表征。智力优势：芯片实验室工具将把当前的范式（单域表征）转变为对纳米电子材料的真正同时多域传输研究。PI提出，在纳米尺度上，机械应变打破了电子和声子散射的传统规则，引起了物理域之间前所未有的耦合。PI将探索极小的长度尺度对这种耦合的作用。极端维度诱导耦合的概念将改变目前对材料物理学的理解，它消除了原子特殊排列才能表现出任何耦合的先决条件（例如只有中心对称的原子才能产生压电性），从而开辟了材料多物理学的新领域。更广泛的影响：通过实现具有挑战性的交叉实验研究，该研究将弥合纳米结构理论和实验研究之间的现有差距。这项研究的科学发现将打开下一代纳米电子器件中尺寸和应变可调电子和声子传输的领域。该研究将通过开发研究生教育模块，雇用代表性不足的本科研究助理，并在州立学院地区学区K-12班级开展外联活动，从而融入教育。