APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Method to explore and test material properties under ultrafast external fields Light-driven novel device applications that combine photonic and electronic processes (e.g., photo-transistors and spin-transistors) BENEFITS: Minimizes lithography Enables complex operations across an integrated wafer without intricate arrangements of … [Read more...] about Light-driven Ultrafast Electric Gating 2021-079
Semiconductors
Potentiostat Current-Potential Decoupler for Optimizing Electrochemical Processes 2020-078
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Electrochemical devices for various chemical transformations System that enables access to a new regime of electrochemistry for research & development Optimization system and method for industrial-scale electrochemical processes BENEFITS: Significantly expands the range of conditions (i.e. polarization coordinates) over which … [Read more...] about Potentiostat Current-Potential Decoupler for Optimizing Electrochemical Processes 2020-078
Direct Thermal Growth of High Quality III-V Materials Below 300°C 2019-035
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Advanced Materials: Semiconductors/PV ADVANTAGES: Enables maintenance of high electronic performance Generates single crystal domains Circumvents substrate costs Reduces system and design complexity ABSTRACT: Three-dimensional integration of microelectronic circuits - where additional devices are placed above prior … [Read more...] about Direct Thermal Growth of High Quality III-V Materials Below 300°C 2019-035
A method for inducing the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) to stabilize magnetic skyrmions on the surface of ferromagnetic films 2019-140
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Using chemisorption to design and tailor spin-orbitronics devices ADVANTAGES: Earth-abundant elements oxygen or hydrogen could replace rare noble metals in device applications New possibilities of using chemisorption for spin-orbitronics devices ABSTRACT: Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered large … [Read more...] about A method for inducing the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) to stabilize magnetic skyrmions on the surface of ferromagnetic films 2019-140
Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060
APPLICATIONS: Solar cells ABSTRACT: Alex Zettl and Onur Ergen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed graded bandgap perovskite photovoltaic cells with good output current and power conversion efficiency by implementing a new cell architecture. GaN was chosen to replace the typical TiO2 electron transport layer to provide a better surface morphology … [Read more...] about Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060