| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S17741/01 |
| Title: |
Physics and applications of novel room-temperature nanoelectric switch devices |
| Principal Investigator: |
Song, Professor AM |
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| Department: |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2003 |
Ends: |
31 March 2006 |
Value (£): |
124,223
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Bioelectronic Devices |
Electronic Devices & Subsys. |
| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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Great efforts are being made to explore novel electronic nanodevices for the next generation of ICs. This programme is to investigate our recently demonstrated self-switch nanodevice (SSD), which fulfils the criteria of being capable of operation at room temperature and mass production. A voltage applied to an SSD not only changes the potential along the current direction, but also either widens or narrows the effective channel width, depending on the sign of the applied voltage. Compared with a conventional diode, SSD has widely tuneable turn-on voltage, and only requires one-step fabrication and could be used for ultra-high integration density. We aim to characterise the SSD including high-frequency performance, construct a three-dimensional model which will include the effects of tunnelling and complex surface/boundary electronic states, optimise the device aspects of the SSD including using the most suitable material combination offered by our advanced MBE system, investigate the potential in applications, and explore other novel concepts of nanodevices. At the nanoscale level, boundaries between the classical disciplines of physics, biology, and chemistry become blurred. In our case, the nano-switch is a promising device for optical detection and biological sensing, which will be explored in this program.
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