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Research Focus:
Condensed Matter Physics
This research program concentrates on three areas: surfaces, interfaces, and nanostructures; optical and electronic materials; and electronic transport.
New research concepts, materials, and techniques are developed for high technology applications.
Many research projects are interdisciplinary.
Surfaces, interfaces, and nanostructures
Experimental and theoretical work on surfaces, interfaces, and nanostructures involves the deposition, growth, and characterization of metals, semiconductors, and insulators.
The phenomena studied include homo- and hetero-epitaxy, initial stages of epitaxy, nucleation of thin films, surface phase transitions, and interface (solid-solid and solid-liquid) structure and bonding.
Theoretical work also includes applications of statistical physics and large-scale simulations to study the dynamics of natural, artificial, and social systems, including ecological systems, agent-based models, and social networks.
Nano-electronic transport
This research expects to enhance understanding of transport in nanostructures.
The experimental work includes studies of ballistic electron transport in ultrathin epitaxial multilayers, electrical resistance of metallic films, and plasma wave electronics in high electron mobility transistors.
The electron transport in nanoscale systems (single molecule to atomic wire to carbon nanotube) is studied using the state of the art first principles calculation.
The current research includes spin assisted transport (Spintronics) at the nanoscale.
Optical and electronic materials
The optical and electronic materials under study include wide bandgap semiconductors, photonic crystals, polymers, semiconductor nanoparticle composites, dielectrics, and magnetic thin films.
Faculty Zhongfang Chen, Theeradetch Detchprohm, Sang-Kee Eah, György Korniss, Sabrina Lee, Kim Lewis, Toh-Ming Lu, Saroj Nayak, Peter Persans, Leo Schowalter, John Schroeder, Michael Shur, Gwo-Ching Wang, Christian Wetzel, Shawn Lin, Masashi Yamaguchi, Shengbai Zhang. |
