Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE150100084
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$760,000.00
Summary
Next-Generation Electronic and Magnetic Materials Characterisation Facility. Next-generation electronic and magnetic materials characterisation facility: This project aims to address two major experimental capacity gaps in Australian infrastructure for research and development of novel electronic materials and nanoscale devices for future technologies. It will establish a facility featuring a state-of-the-art force-feedback scanning tunnelling microscope for studying insulating surfaces, such as ....Next-Generation Electronic and Magnetic Materials Characterisation Facility. Next-generation electronic and magnetic materials characterisation facility: This project aims to address two major experimental capacity gaps in Australian infrastructure for research and development of novel electronic materials and nanoscale devices for future technologies. It will establish a facility featuring a state-of-the-art force-feedback scanning tunnelling microscope for studying insulating surfaces, such as ferroic films, and a magneto-directional electrical characterisation system with a unique nine Tesla full-sphere magnetic field rotation capacity for studying materials in the two to 300 Kelvin temperature range. This facility will bring important new tools to Australia, which is expected to enhance our international competitiveness in the development of next-generation electronic materials and device technologies.Read moreRead less
Novel circuits and design strategies for sub-65 nanometre complementary metal oxide semiconductor technologies. This project will develop novel, state-of-the-art circuits and design strategies that overcome the challenges of current and future Integrated Circuit (IC) fabrication technologies. The extremely small sizes of transistors in these technologies offer advantages in speed, but at the price of a number of drawbacks, which the project will aim to overcome in this work. This research will m ....Novel circuits and design strategies for sub-65 nanometre complementary metal oxide semiconductor technologies. This project will develop novel, state-of-the-art circuits and design strategies that overcome the challenges of current and future Integrated Circuit (IC) fabrication technologies. The extremely small sizes of transistors in these technologies offer advantages in speed, but at the price of a number of drawbacks, which the project will aim to overcome in this work. This research will make a significant contribution to the field of IC design as well as providing training for students to fill the present and future needs of Australia's IC design companies. Some of the most advanced cochlear implants, mobile phone ICs, and Wireless Internet ICs have been designed in Australia, and companies in Australia desperately need graduates skilled in designing in the latest technologies.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170101452
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$360,000.00
Summary
Silk-based conformal pressure sensing devices. This project aims to develop silk biomaterials-based biocompatible and conformal pressure sensing devices and systems for sustainable wearable electronics. Biocompatible conformal sensing interfaces and sensor arrays will be developed for real-time highly sensitive measurement of pressure, critical for accurate and comprehensive health monitoring and electronic skins. It is believed that the wearable products will provide comfort, utility and accura ....Silk-based conformal pressure sensing devices. This project aims to develop silk biomaterials-based biocompatible and conformal pressure sensing devices and systems for sustainable wearable electronics. Biocompatible conformal sensing interfaces and sensor arrays will be developed for real-time highly sensitive measurement of pressure, critical for accurate and comprehensive health monitoring and electronic skins. It is believed that the wearable products will provide comfort, utility and accurate physical information to end users, and improve the performance of personnel working in demanding environments, such as in defence forces, athletics and outfield industrial operations, by continuously monitoring physiological parameters.Read moreRead less
The Silicon Single Electron Pump: A New World Standard for Electric Current. This project seeks to develop a new ultra-high-precision current standard, providing a missing link in today’s world standards for electrical measurement. Although highly accurate metrological standards are available for both voltage and resistance, there is no equivalent current standard available. The project aims to create nanoelectronic charge-pump devices that can generate a highly accurate output current. This pro ....The Silicon Single Electron Pump: A New World Standard for Electric Current. This project seeks to develop a new ultra-high-precision current standard, providing a missing link in today’s world standards for electrical measurement. Although highly accurate metrological standards are available for both voltage and resistance, there is no equivalent current standard available. The project aims to create nanoelectronic charge-pump devices that can generate a highly accurate output current. This project plans to use silicon-based single-electron-transistor technology to undertake high-precision measurements. The project expects to contribute to the technological basis for a new world current standard.Read moreRead less
A Transportable Self-referenced Quantum Current Standard on a Silicon Chip. The field of metrological science strives for continuous improvement in precision and reproducibility, a goal only achievable by exploiting the fundamental constants of nature. In electrical metrology, both voltage (V) and resistance (R) standards have reached this milestone, but not current (I). We aim to develop novel self-referenced nanoelectronic charge-pump devices that can generate a highly accurate, error-detectab ....A Transportable Self-referenced Quantum Current Standard on a Silicon Chip. The field of metrological science strives for continuous improvement in precision and reproducibility, a goal only achievable by exploiting the fundamental constants of nature. In electrical metrology, both voltage (V) and resistance (R) standards have reached this milestone, but not current (I). We aim to develop novel self-referenced nanoelectronic charge-pump devices that can generate a highly accurate, error-detectable output current utilising Australian-developed silicon-based single-electron transistor technology. We will undertake high-precision measurements in collaboration with leading European standards institutes and researchers, establishing the technological basis for a new world current standard that is reproducible worldwide.Read moreRead less
Single electron pumping for current measurement standards. Precision measurement standards for electric current and voltage are necessary to ensure the safe and accurate operation of much of the electronic equipment that underpins modern society. This project will develop a new ultra-high-precision current standard, providing a missing link in today's world standards for electrical measurement.
Stretchable Organic Transistors for Wearable Electronics and Robotics. The project aims to address the challenges of fabricating stretchable organic transistors for applications in wearable electronics and robotics through the development of new semiconducting polymers with stretchability and integrating them into novel, stretchable organic transistor configurations. The project will take a molecular engineering approach to the complex needs of this challenge by combining appropriate chemical f ....Stretchable Organic Transistors for Wearable Electronics and Robotics. The project aims to address the challenges of fabricating stretchable organic transistors for applications in wearable electronics and robotics through the development of new semiconducting polymers with stretchability and integrating them into novel, stretchable organic transistor configurations. The project will take a molecular engineering approach to the complex needs of this challenge by combining appropriate chemical functionality which provides high charge carrier mobility with judiciously placed flexible spacers and side chains to provide mechanical dexterity. These novel polymers will be integrated into transistor structures and their fabricated arrays deposited on stretchable substrates will be used for a real world applications.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160101490
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$373,536.00
Summary
Probing topological edge channels at the atomic scale. This project is anticipated to provide a platform for nanoelectronic devices where quantum degrees of freedom remain robust up to very high temperatures. The one-dimensional edge channels of two-dimensional topological insulators are an emerging research area that challenges our understanding of quantum matter at the atomic scale. The project aims to deliver a new insight into the nature of edge channel transport and scattering by directly m ....Probing topological edge channels at the atomic scale. This project is anticipated to provide a platform for nanoelectronic devices where quantum degrees of freedom remain robust up to very high temperatures. The one-dimensional edge channels of two-dimensional topological insulators are an emerging research area that challenges our understanding of quantum matter at the atomic scale. The project aims to deliver a new insight into the nature of edge channel transport and scattering by directly measuring their wave functions and quasi-particle excitations with atomic scale resolution. By applying these methods to systems with very large topological gaps, the anticipated results will provide a foundation for robust high-temperature, industry-compatible spintronics. The intended outcomes may improve computational speed in new information technologies and reduce power consumption.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100775
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$394,177.00
Summary
Punching holes in GaAs: a novel route to making artificial graphene and topological insulators. In the past seven years there has been an explosion of interest in materials such as graphene and topological insulators due to their unique electronic properties, culminating in the award of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. However these materials face significant challenges that limit how we can manipulate them and use them in industry. This project will overcome these challenges by developing artif ....Punching holes in GaAs: a novel route to making artificial graphene and topological insulators. In the past seven years there has been an explosion of interest in materials such as graphene and topological insulators due to their unique electronic properties, culminating in the award of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. However these materials face significant challenges that limit how we can manipulate them and use them in industry. This project will overcome these challenges by developing artificial graphene and topological insulators made using existing nanofabrication techniques on conventional semiconductors already used by industry. This will make it possible to study the unique electronic properties of these materials with unprecedented control, with the ultimate aim of using artificially designed electronic materials in industry.Read moreRead less
III-V semiconductor nanowires for ultrafast device applications. Nanowires are a new innovation enabling the integration of nanotechnology into conventional industrial semiconductor processes. This project will employ one of the unique properties that many nanowires exhibit - their very fast resetting time, to develop novel and innovative high-speed devices for electronic and optical applications.