Platform for Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering (P-NAME)

纳米先进材料工程平台 (P-NAME)

基本信息

批准号：
EP/R025576/1
负责人：
Richard Curry
金额：
$ 89.47万
依托单位：
University of Manchester
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FR025576%2F1
关键词：
Platform Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering

项目摘要

Most advanced materials are actually composite systems where each part is specifically tailored to provide a particular functionality often via doping. In electronic devices this may be p- or n-type behaviour (the preference to conduct positive of negative charges), in optical devices the ability to emit light at a given wavelength (such as in the infrared for optical fibre communications), or in magnetic materials the ability to store information based on the direction of a magnetic field for example. To enable the realisation of new devices it is essential to increase the density of functionality within a given device volume. Simple miniaturisation (i.e. to fit more devices of the same type but of smaller size) is limited in scope as the nanoscale regime is reached, not only by the well-known emergence of quantum effects, but by the simple capability to control the materials engineering on this scale. Self-assembly methods for example enable the creation of 0D (so called 'quantum dots' or 'artificial atoms'), 1D (wire-like) and 2D (sheet-like) materials with unique properties, but the subsequent control and modification of these is non-trivial and has yet to be demonstrated in many cases. This research aims to establish a Platform for Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering (P-NAME) facility that incorporates a new tool which will provide the capability required to deliver a fundamental change in our ability to design and engineer materials. The principle of the technique that we will adapt, is that which revolutionised the micro-electronics industry in the 20th century (ion-doping) but applied on the nanoscale for the first time. Furthermore, the P-NAME tool will be compatible with a scalable technology platform and therefore compatible with its use in high-tech device manufacture. Without this capability the production of increasingly complex materials offering enhance functionality at lower-power consumption will be difficult to achieve.The P-NAME facility will be established within a new UK National Laboratory for Advanced Materials (the Henry Royce Institute) at the University of Manchester. Access to the tool will be made available to UK academics and industry undertaking research into advanced functional materials and devices development.

大多数先进的材料实际上是复合系统，每个部分经常通过掺杂来提供特定功能。在电子设备中，这可能是P-或N型行为（偏爱进行负电荷的阳性），在光学设备中，可以在给定波长处发光的能力（例如，在光纤通信的红外线中发光），或者在磁性材料中，可以基于磁场方向存储信息的能力。为了实现新设备的实现，必须在给定设备体积内提高功能密度。简单的小型化（即适合相同类型的更多设备，但尺寸较小的设备）在范围内受到限制，因为纳米级政权得以达到量子效应的众所周知出现，而且还可以通过在此规模上控制材料工程的简单能力。例如，自组装方法例如，可以创建0D（所谓的“量子点”或“人造原子”），1D（线状）和2D（类似于薄板的）材料具有独特的特性，但随后对这些材料的控制和修改是无关紧要的，在许多情况下尚未证明。这项研究旨在建立一个纳米级高级材料工程（P-NAME）设施的平台，该工具结合了一种新工具，该工具将提供我们设计和工程材料能力的基本变化所需的能力。我们要适应的技术的原则是彻底改变了20世纪的微电子产业（ION兴奋剂），但首次应用于纳米级。此外，P-Name工具将与可扩展的技术平台兼容，因此与其在高科技设备制造中的使用兼容。如果没有这种能力，就难以实现越来越复杂的材料在较低功率消耗时提高功能性的生产。曼彻斯特大学的新英国国家高级材料实验室（亨利·罗伊斯研究所）将建立P-NAME设施。英国学者和行业对高级功能材料和设备开发的研究将提供使用该工具。