NSF-Europe: Controlled Nanoscale Manipulation for Nanoelectronics and Exploratory Life-Science Applications

弗吉尼亚大学的NSF材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）和瑞典隆德大学的NSF资助的纳米联盟之间的合作，结合了两个国际公认的中心的领先专业知识和设施，用于开发低维半导体异质结构和纳米结构电子系统的新材料、方法和理解。具体研究包括a)利用有序半导体超晶格晶须在三维空间中实现电子/空穴的纳米级定位。b)半导体合金的拓扑和应变诱导周期性分解，以及c)聚焦离子束将光/磁活性锰原子和团簇以纳米级精度送入III-V异质结构。第四个项目涉及半导体和生物系统纳米级集成的探索性项目，最初的重点是用于氧化还原循环生物传感器的交叉电极阵列的制造和表征。该项目将主要由隆德集团资助，并由弗吉尼亚大学提供一些实验支持。此次合作通过一系列创新的联合研究和教育活动，大大提升了国际视野，为两个中心的本科生、研究生和博士后提供了一个新的教育维度。项目团队的组建，包括来自双方机构的研究生和博士后，确保了广泛的跨学科和国际视野，参与者将在合作机构进行更长时间的研究和教育计划。

The collaborations between the NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanoscopic Materials Design at the University of Virginia and the SSF-funded Nanometer Consortium at the University of Lund, Sweden combines the leading expertise and facilities at two internationally recognized centers for the development of new materials, methods and understanding for the development of low dimensional semiconductor heterostuctures and nanostructured electronic systems. Specific research include a) nanoscale localization of electrons / holes in three dimensions using ordered semiconductor superlattice.whisker.arrays, b) topology- and strain-induced periodic decomposition in semiconductor alloys, and c) focuse ion beam delivery of optically/magnetically active manganese atoms and clusters into III-V heterostructures with nanoscale precision. A fourth project is concerned with exploratory programs in the nanoscale integration of semiconductor and biological systems with an initial emphasis on the fabrication and characterization of interdigitated electrode arrays for use as redox-recycling biosensors. This project will be primarily funded by the Lund group with some experimental support from UVA.The collaboration provides a new educational dimension for participating undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs in the two centers by providing a greatly enhanced international perspective through a set of innovative joint research and educational activities. Formation of project teams, incorporating graduate students and postdocs from both institutions, ensures extensive interdisciplinary and international perspective, and the participants will spend extended periods pursuing their research and education programs at the partner institution.