EAGER: USA-Singapore Collaborative Research and Education on Strain-engineered Conformable Electronics

这些合作的AIGHER奖项提供资金，以支持一个国际研究人员网络，以研究应变工程整合的电子系统。这些系统可以利用无机半导体纳米材料的特性来制造新一代电子和光电子器件。合作的研究人员来自西北大学、伊利诺伊大学、迈阿密大学，以及新加坡国立大学和高性能计算研究所。这项研究将涉及应变半导体纳米材料的合成，测试其电子性能，并进行理论模拟以了解这一现象，并指导新材料和器件的设计。这些研究建立在研究人员之间现有关系的基础上，并努力将他们之前在可折叠和可拉伸电子设备方面的工作从平面二维制造发展到能够集成到具有各种复杂形状的灵活三维结构中的形式。该项目探索使用薄的弹性体膜作为应变半导体纳米材料的衬底。实验工作将以材料和结构的高级分析和计算建模为指导。这些努力的成功将使各种电子和光电设备的生产能够得到广泛的应用，从健康监测和成像到能量转换。因此，这项工作可以带来新类型的材料和结构，可能会对新技术产生重大影响，并导致拥有新产品的初创公司。该项目将涉及一名博士后和一名研究生，每个人都将前往新加坡与他们的外国同事互动，为长期的国际合作奠定基础。这项新技术的吸引力将得到广泛宣传，预计将激发人们对代表性不足的社区的兴趣，并加强一个关键科学领域的人力资源。

These collaborative EAGER awards provide funding to support an international network of researchers to investigate strain-engineered conformable electronic systems. These systems could exploit the properties of inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials to produce a new generation of electronic and optoelectronic devices. The collaborating researchers are based at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, the University of Miami, and in Singapore at the National University of Singapore and the Institute of High Performance Computing. The research will involve synthesis of the strained semiconducting nanomaterials, testing of their electronic properties, and conducting theoretical simulations to understand the phenomena and to guide design of new materials and devices. The studies build on existing relationships among the researchers and strive to take their previous work on foldable and stretchable electronics from flat two-dimensional fabrication to forms that will allow integration into flexible three-dimensional structures with a wide variety of complex shapes. The project explores the use of thin elastomeric membranes as the substrate for the strained semiconductor nanomaterials. The experimental work will be guided by advanced analytic and computational modeling of the materials and structures.Success with these efforts will enable production of various electronic and optoelectronic devices with numerous applications, from health monitoring and imaging to energy transformations. Thus, the work can lead to new types of materials and structures that could have a large impact on new technologies and lead to start-up companies with novel products. The project will involve one post-doctoral fellow and one graduate student, each of which will travel to Singapore to interact with their foreign colleagues, establishing a basis for long-term international partnering. The attractiveness of this novel technology, which will be publicized widely, is expected to stimulate interest in underrepresented communities and enhance human resources in a critical area of science.