| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/N035569/1 |
| Title: |
GRAPHENE-ENABLED CMOS RECONFIGURABLE OPTO-FLUIDICS: TOWARDS ON-CHIP ARCHITECTING OF METADEVICES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Baldycheva, Dr AA |
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| Department: |
Engineering Computer Science and Maths |
| Organisation: |
University of Exeter |
| Scheme: |
First Grant - Revised 2009 |
| Starts: |
01 September 2016 |
Ends: |
28 February 2019 |
Value (£): |
101,062
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Electronic Devices & Subsys. |
Materials Characterisation |
| Materials Synthesis & Growth |
Optical Devices & Subsystems |
| Optoelect. Devices & Circuits |
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| Panel History: |
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28 Apr 2016
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EPSRC ICT Prioritisation Panel - Apr 2016
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Announced
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
Today, innovation of novel reconfigurable materials, which can be integrated on Si chip and used for engineering devices, is the key driver for realization of future chip-scale multi-functional systems for applications impacting almost every aspect of life, from energy saving systems and high-speed internet to small consumer devices. This project proposes the novel concept for on-chip architecting of the dynamically reconfigurable systems on Si chip for many advanced optoelectronics device applications. This will be achieved using novel reconfigurable nanocomposites, based on nematic liquid crystals doped with graphene. For the first time, we propose the optofluidic technology for the infiltration of developed in this project nanocomposites into Si photonic platform and for their direct low-power controllable self-assembling into defined micro-structures and micro-devices. The approach to realize this ambitiouse aim in 24 motnhs of this project is (A) to develop novel nanocomosite material platform for integration on Si chip; (B) to demosntrate the first electrically/themrally driven reconfigurable device integrated into micro-photonic circuit on Si chip, i.e. an active metamaterial structure with an ability to filter, split, and switch polarized light in the plane of chip.
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http://www.ex.ac.uk |