Amorphisation of Semiconductor and Elemental Metallic Nanocrystals by Ion Irradiation

该提案符合研究重点3：建设和改造澳大利亚工业的前沿技术和优先目标：突破性科学，先进材料和前沿技术。我们试图理解和开发一种独特的方法来修改和剪裁半导体和金属纳米晶体的结构，这种方法在体相中是无法实现的。我们的研究结果和相应的科学见解将扩大这些材料在先进技术中的适用性，提高国家研究形象，增加国内知识基础，并培养熟练的年轻科学家，以便在2007年投入使用时使用澳大利亚同步加速器。

This proposal is consistent with Research Priority 3: Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries and Priority Goals: Breakthrough Science, Advanced Materials and Frontier Technologies. We seek to understand and develop a unique methodology for modifying and tailoring the structure of semiconductor and metallic nanocrystals in ways not achievable within the bulk phase. Our results and accompanying scientific insight will broaden the applicability of these materials in advanced technologies, enhance the national research profile, increase the domestic knowledge base and yield skilled, young scientists trained to utilize the Australian Synchrotron when commissioned in 2007.