1D & 2D Materials

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Optics Platform for nanoscale electronic and spintronic devices, mechanical resonators TEM support grids Sensors Thermal management ADVANTAGES: Straightforward process Achieves wide band-gap semiconducting properties not found in graphene Yields a strong material Thermally highly conductive while electrically … [Read more...] about Ultrathin Boron Nitride Sheets IB-2788

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Semiconductors Photonics Photovoltaics ADVANTAGES: Produce smallest building block of an armchair nanotube Serve as templates for making uniform nanotube structures at high yields Permit rational design of nanotubes Method may be used to synthesize other nanotube structures ABSTRACT: Ramesh Jasti and Carolyn Bertozzi of … [Read more...] about Carbon Nanohoops: Molecular Templates for Precision Nanotube Synthesis IB-2753

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Superconducting single photon detectors Transition edge detectors Superconducting transistors SQUID magnetometry NEMS Chemical detectors Photovoltaic devices Quantum computation ADVANTAGES: Applications limited only by dopant used Ease of production Ease of measurement Tunability by a simple electric field Can … [Read more...] about Tunable Graphene Electronic Devices JIB-2697

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Semiconductor fabrication and processing High density magnetic recording devices Crystal preparation Materials science research ADVANTAGES: Simple, self-assembling Doesn’t require lithographic pre-patterning of the surface Low cost Can be used for wide range of materials ABSTRACT: Devices once fabricated at … [Read more...] about Atomically Flat Crystal Surfaces IB-2549