Research Focus
The
overall research program approach illustrated in Figure 1 takes
advantage of the MBE and ultrahigh-vacuum (UHV) environment as well as
other higher-rate processing to discover, understand, and control
atomic-level influences on effective integration of functional
materials with semiconductors in order to enable commercially
viable processes for next-generation multifunctional electronics such
as integrated nonvolatile memories, multifunctional active sensors and
controllers, and spintronics-based circuits.
Fig. 1. Two-loop research approach with integration of disciplines and
length scales.
Current projects include:
• integration of magnetic barium hexaferrite with silicon carbide
for self-biasing circulators to enhance the power and portability of
microwave frequency communications
• integration of multi-functional lead zirconium titanate with
silicon carbide and gallium nitride for novel multi-functional devices
• integration of live bacteria with gallium nitride for self-repairing, self-calibrating biosensors
Research Areas:
• Thin Films and Nanostructures
• Multifunctional Materials
• Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
• Surface Analysis
• MBE Heteroepitaxy
• Biosensors