Abstract
Carbon-based materials have generated a wealth of interest in recent years, both on the fundamental side as well as on the technological side. The lecture will provide a broad insight into nanoscale carbon-based materials, from their fundamental opto-electronic properties to their implementation in practical devices. We will first discuss the electronic properties of carbon-based materials, focusing on low-dimensionality systems, starting from short molecules that can be seen as 0D quantum dots, to graphene, a 2D material with remarkable mechanical, electrical and optical properties. The experimental techniques to fabricate and electronically characterize such systems will then be addressed and their electronic transport properties discussed. Finally, we will extend the discussion to practical devices such as ion-sensing field-effect transistors.
Contents
Introduction (10.03.2021: pdf). Carbon from 0D to 3D (17.3: pdf 2, 24.03: pdf 3).
Condensed matter physics reminder and fundamental properties of electronic systems (31.03.: pdf 1, 7.03: pdf 2).
Molecular junctions: formation mechanisms, transport, spectroscopy, data analysis and insights from theory (14.04: pdf 1, 21.04: pdf 2; 28.04: pdf 3; 12.05: pdf 4)
Graphene for electronics: electrodes, junctions, nanoribbons, quantum interference effects, thermal & thermoelectric transport (19.05: pdf 1)
Nanoscale devices for sensing.
Mini-workshop: Talks by students (10′ talk + 5′ discussion).
- 1st round: May 26
- 2nd round: June 2
Please note that the lecture on 12.05 does not take place and will be replaced (date to be announced).
Empa visit (Dübendorf campus): tentatively planned Wednesday June 16.
May 03, Welcome to Patrik ! =)
I am a Swiss nanofabrication engineer. I studied Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zurich from BSc to PhD. During my PhD, I built nanoscale gold walls and fluorescent nanocrystal assemblies by electrohydrodynamic (EHD) printing, a unique fabrication technology developed in the lab of Prof. Dimos Poulikakos.
At EMPA, I will set up a versatile EHD nanoprinting system to share this technology to a broader user group, enabling device prototyping at the Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory with Ivan Shorubalko, supported by printing materials made at the lab of Prof. Maksym Kovalenko (ETHZ D-CHAB and EMPA).
