2D- and Nano-materials techniques for semiconductor integration

几十年来，研究人员一直局限于设计与商业基板晶格匹配的器件；然而，最近，研究人员学会了如何围绕一些晶格不匹配进行设计。这项工作已经导致了最先进的应变硅晶体管、高效(打破世界纪录的)太阳能电池和诺贝尔奖获得者LED。在过去的22年里，我一直在高质量的半导体材料集成领域工作，在键合、分级缓冲器、纳米材料和横向生长方面工作。尽管有这些进展，晶格失配仍然是一个持续的挑战，并限制了设备的应用。在这项提案中，我们将继续开发我们首创并获得专利的横向、晶格不匹配的生长技术。我们将把这项技术扩展到其他材料和生长方向。在这个方案中，我们还在寻求一种使用2D材料的新的晶格失配生长技术。利用这些技术，我们将制造和展示可直接与硅基集成电路集成的新型高性能电子设备，如太阳能电池、激光器和探测器。资助这项研究计划将使不同的学生能够与一位致力于培训学生硬技能和软技能的顾问合作，并在他们的整个职业生涯中为他们提供指导和支持。

For decades researchers were limited to designing devices that were lattice-matched to a commercially available substrates; more recently, however, researchers have learned how to design around some lattice mismatch. This work has resulted in state-of-the-art, strained-Si transistors, efficient (world-record breaking) solar cells, and Nobel-prize-winning LEDs. I have worked in high-quality semiconductor materials integration for the past 22 years, working in bonding, graded buffers, nano-materials, and lateral growth. Despite these advances, lattice mismatch is an ongoing challenge and limits device applications. In this proposal we will continue developing a lateral, lattice-mismatched, growth technique which we pioneered and patented. We will extend the technology to other materials and growth orientations. In this proposal, we are also pursuing a new lattice-mismatched growth technology using 2D materials. Using these technologies, we will build and demonstrate novel and high-performing electronic devices such as, solar cells, lasers, and detectors which can be integrated directly with Si-based integrated circuits. Funding this research program will enable diverse students to work with an advisor dedicated to training students in hard and soft skills and to provide mentoring and support to them throughout their careers.