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Program Highlights

New Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam System

Objective: To develop nanofabrication capabilities that will allow for writing structures as small as ~10 nm.

Approach: Use MRSEC funds provided by the State of Utah to purchase state-of-the-art nanofabrication capabilities to expand existing materials research capabilities.

Silicon Integrated High Speed Electrooptic Modulators

On-chip optical modulation is one of the most important functionalities for integrated silicon photonic circuits. We demonstrate that sputter-deposited polycrystalline metallic thin films are promising materials for realizing ultra-low power modulators.

CRISP NanoDays and Yale Pathways

On March 22, 2012, CRISP, in collaboration with Yale's Science Pathways, hosted a public lecture in support of the 2012 NanoDays national outreach campaign. IRG2 leader Jan Schroers gave a talk entitled, Strong as Steel, but Pliable as Plastic: Metals Conquering the Nanoworld. Hands-on demonstrations for students were provided by CRISP researchers.

 

Silane Passivation of Si Quantum dots

 

Colloidal silicon quantum dot solution is stable over months

Size Dependence of Multi-Exciton Generation

First principles modeling demonstrates  that the efficiency of Multi-Exciton Generation (MEG) increases as quantum dot size decreases resolving a major controversy.  The results were highly visible. 

Mechanical pressure can be used to resuscitate the beating “heart” of a polymer gel

Polymer gels undergoing a self-oscillating chemical reaction have been previously shown to pulsate autonomously while exhibiting periodic color changes. Van Vliet and Balazs have now demonstrated that a non-oscillating, quiescent gel can be “resuscitated” by applying mechanical pressure to the material. By varying the conditions of the reaction, the amplitude and

Materials for High Speed Fiber Optoelectronics

MRSEC researchers have developed the materials necessary to embed GHz speed electronic photodetectors into micron diameter channels in optical fibers.

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