IRES: U.S.-Czech Research Experience for Students on Wide Bandgap Materials for Energy and Biosensing Applications

这个美国-捷克国际学生研究经验（IRES）项目为来自北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NCSU）和附近的美国大学北卡罗来纳州AT和Shaw的研究生和本科生提供在布拉格的捷克科学院物理研究所的早期职业国际研究经验。 该项目的目标是为多元化和全球参与的科学和工程劳动力做出贡献，每年为18名美国学生提供6次机会，让他们有机会从事宽带隙材料的指导研究，即，氮化物和氧化物半导体材料。 在捷克合作伙伴的研究所，每个参与者将获得先进的表征技术的实践经验。 总的来说，这个IRES项目的研究目标是研究新型宽带隙半导体材料的基本特性和与生长相关的特性，确定当前的技术挑战，并研究解决问题的方法。 这些材料是令人感兴趣的，因为它们表现出未来用于能够在高功率和高频率下以及在恶劣的大气条件或生物相容性环境中操作的装置的前景。 在首席研究员Tania Paskova和她的捷克同行的指导下，参与者的研究活动涵盖材料科学，表面科学，半导体物理和化学。 其目的是合作，以增加我们对宽带隙材料的固有电学，光学和表面特性的基本理解，以及它们的修改，经过各种化学处理，以检查它们在能源和生物传感应用中的潜力和局限性。 新的知识和改进的理解的表面性质，极性和掺杂效应的宽带隙材料与不同的晶体取向，预计将有助于未来的应用，包括电力电子，光电子，化学和生物传感器。早期的职业国际研究经验将使美国学生接触到当前的技术挑战，并提高他们对新材料对我们未来生活质量至关重要的领域的重要性的认识。

This U.S.-Czech International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project provides graduate and undergraduate students from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and nearby U.S. universities, North Carolina A&T and Shaw, with early career international research experience at the Czech Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physics, in Prague. The goal is to contribute to a diverse and globally-engaged science and engineering workforce by providing eighteen U.S. student participants, six annually, with the opportunity to pursue mentored research on wide bandgap materials, i.e., nitride and oxide semiconductors materials. At the Czech partners' institute, each participant will gain hands-on experience with advanced characterization techniques. Overall, the research objectives of this IRES project are to study the fundamental and growth related properties of novel wide bandgap semiconductor materials, to identify current technology challenges, and investigate approaches for problem solving. Such materials are of interest because they exhibit promise for future use in devices that would be capable of operating at high power and high frequency, and in harsh atmospheric conditions or biocompatible environments. Under the direction of Principal Investigator Tania Paskova and her Czech counterparts, participant research activities span materials science, surface science, semiconductor physics, and chemistry. The intent is to work cooperatively to increase our fundamental understanding of the inherent electrical, optical and surface properties of wide bandgap materials as well as their modifications, following a variety of chemical treatments to examine their potential and limitations for energy and biosensing applications. The new knowledge and improved understanding of the surface properties, polarity, and doping effects in wide bandgap materials with different crystallographic alignments are expected to contribute to future applications, including power electronics, optoelectronics, and chemical and biological sensors. The early career international research experience will expose the U.S. students to current technology challenges and increase their awareness of the importance of novel materials for areas essential to our future quality of life.