Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE220101103
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$450,000.00
Summary
Giant piezo responses in rare-earth doped eco-friendly relaxor perovskites. This project aims to design and fabricate superior eco-friendly substitutions for lead-based perovskites widely used in piezoelectric devices, to address the long-standing toxic concern of lead for human beings and the environment in the community. It is expected to surmount the fundamental limit of current approaches to reach giant room-temperature piezoelectric responses in lead-free perovskites through using a pioneer ....Giant piezo responses in rare-earth doped eco-friendly relaxor perovskites. This project aims to design and fabricate superior eco-friendly substitutions for lead-based perovskites widely used in piezoelectric devices, to address the long-standing toxic concern of lead for human beings and the environment in the community. It is expected to surmount the fundamental limit of current approaches to reach giant room-temperature piezoelectric responses in lead-free perovskites through using a pioneering route named rare-earth doped relaxor/morphotropic phase boundary crossover. Success of this project will not only meet the Australia’s ecological sustainability goals, but also provide commercial opportunities for Australia in the large market of piezoelectric devices (> 25 Billion USD annually).Read moreRead less
High performance complex oxide heterostructures for nanoelectronic devices. This project aims to develop a material with ultrahigh electron mobility and conductivity well above today’s materials at room temperature to enable next generation nanoelectronics. The demand for higher performance and lower power consumption in electronic systems drives the creation of materials for devices in nanometre scale. The success of these materials depends on enhancement in carrier mobility and conductivity. T ....High performance complex oxide heterostructures for nanoelectronic devices. This project aims to develop a material with ultrahigh electron mobility and conductivity well above today’s materials at room temperature to enable next generation nanoelectronics. The demand for higher performance and lower power consumption in electronic systems drives the creation of materials for devices in nanometre scale. The success of these materials depends on enhancement in carrier mobility and conductivity. This project will spatially separate the electron generation layer from the conduction layer by individually engineering the atomically sharp complex oxide heterointerfaces to enhance the electron mobility and density. This is expected to develop new materials and nanoelectronic technologies.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE160100054
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$750,000.00
Summary
High Temperature Atomic Structure and Physical Property Analysis Facility. High temperature atomic structure and physical property analysis facility:
The aim of this project is to strengthen Australian research activities in the development of advanced materials for novel multifunctional devices, sensors, catalysts, engineering components and energy technologies through the purchase of a state-of-the-art high temperature atomic structure and physical property analysis facility. The facility is ....High Temperature Atomic Structure and Physical Property Analysis Facility. High temperature atomic structure and physical property analysis facility:
The aim of this project is to strengthen Australian research activities in the development of advanced materials for novel multifunctional devices, sensors, catalysts, engineering components and energy technologies through the purchase of a state-of-the-art high temperature atomic structure and physical property analysis facility. The facility is designed to consist of a high temperature scanning tunnelling microscope and a high temperature AC field hall effect measurement system to form a powerful and versatile high temperature atomic structure and physical property analysis facility. This is expected to provide a unique research capability in in-situ analysis of atomic and electronic behaviours with the correlated physical properties including carrier concentration and mobility at temperatures exceeding 1300 K. Read moreRead less
Advanced Testing and Structural Analysis for Assessment and Control of Hydrogen Damage in Structural Steels. Hydrogen offers the potential for reducing emissions in transport and energy generation industries as it is a low emission energy carrier. However, there remain questions in relation to the effects of hydrogen gas on the structural integrity of large structural steel components, such as gas distribution pipelines. The project aims to provide guidance on the safe use of hydrogen in high pr ....Advanced Testing and Structural Analysis for Assessment and Control of Hydrogen Damage in Structural Steels. Hydrogen offers the potential for reducing emissions in transport and energy generation industries as it is a low emission energy carrier. However, there remain questions in relation to the effects of hydrogen gas on the structural integrity of large structural steel components, such as gas distribution pipelines. The project aims to provide guidance on the safe use of hydrogen in high pressure vessels manufactured from low alloy ferritic steels. This project will increase confidence in relevant safety codes and standards, consequently increasing the likelihood of large scale uptake of hydrogen energy technologies. Read moreRead less
Enhance ferromagnetic ordering by exchange coupling and defect engineering. This project aims to achieve room temperature ferromagnetism in two-dimensional materials via magnetic element doping and defect and interface engineering. Achieving high spin polarisation, high spin diffusion length and effective spin manipulation, the pre-requisites for functional spintronics devices, makes research into two-dimensional materials for spintronics applications difficult. This project could establish a so ....Enhance ferromagnetic ordering by exchange coupling and defect engineering. This project aims to achieve room temperature ferromagnetism in two-dimensional materials via magnetic element doping and defect and interface engineering. Achieving high spin polarisation, high spin diffusion length and effective spin manipulation, the pre-requisites for functional spintronics devices, makes research into two-dimensional materials for spintronics applications difficult. This project could establish a solid foundation for realising qualified spintronics materials for spintronics devices. The expected outcomes are low power, high speed, spintronics devices, enhancing Australia’s strength in spintronics research.Read moreRead less
The development of advanced diluted magnetic semiconductors through nonmagnetic element doping and defect engineering for spin transistors. This project is to develop advanced diluted magnetic semiconductor materials by nonmagnetic element doping and defects engineering for the fabrication of spin devices (for example, spin transistors) and to understand the physics and engineering science of 'spin' behaviour.
Building Novel Solid State Electric Double Layer Transistors with Interface Engineering of Ionic Conductive Oxide Superlattices. Transistors are the fundamental building blocks of modern electronic devices, which continue to diminish in size to achieve higher speeds. However, the development of this technology has been impeded by low carrier density in the gate dielectric materials. Therefore, increasing the attainable carrier density has become critically important for both scientific research ....Building Novel Solid State Electric Double Layer Transistors with Interface Engineering of Ionic Conductive Oxide Superlattices. Transistors are the fundamental building blocks of modern electronic devices, which continue to diminish in size to achieve higher speeds. However, the development of this technology has been impeded by low carrier density in the gate dielectric materials. Therefore, increasing the attainable carrier density has become critically important for both scientific research and industrial applications. This project aims at experimental and theoretical development of advanced ionic conductive oxide superlattices with colloidal nanocubes for novel solid state electric double layer transistors, which possess ultrahigh carrier density and mobility, to surmount the fundamental limit of current silicon semiconductor technologies.Read moreRead less
Advanced computational techniques for micro/nano multiscale systems of NEMS/BioMEMS. The outcome of this project will have the following benefits to Australia.
1) It will improve the research level in the area of multiscale simulation of NEMS/BioMEMS;
2) The project will be beneficial to possibly establish new industries in the areas of nanotechnology as well as to make good use of today's microelectronics, mircofabrication and computer technology that have already established in Australia;
....Advanced computational techniques for micro/nano multiscale systems of NEMS/BioMEMS. The outcome of this project will have the following benefits to Australia.
1) It will improve the research level in the area of multiscale simulation of NEMS/BioMEMS;
2) The project will be beneficial to possibly establish new industries in the areas of nanotechnology as well as to make good use of today's microelectronics, mircofabrication and computer technology that have already established in Australia;
3) The manpower trained by this project in the areas of multi-scale simulation of MEMS/NEMS/BioMEMS will provide a crucial support for the future industry of Australia.
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Multifunctional Three-Dimensional Non-Crimp Fibre Preforms for Polymer Composites: Innovative High-Value Products for the Australian Textiles Industry. This project aims to develop a new three-dimensional (3D) weaving technology for fabricating multi-functional fabrics for advanced fibre-reinforced composites. 3D woven fabrics with low fibre waviness for high structural performance, integrally woven optical fibre sensors for loads monitoring and damage detection, and woven thermoplastic filament ....Multifunctional Three-Dimensional Non-Crimp Fibre Preforms for Polymer Composites: Innovative High-Value Products for the Australian Textiles Industry. This project aims to develop a new three-dimensional (3D) weaving technology for fabricating multi-functional fabrics for advanced fibre-reinforced composites. 3D woven fabrics with low fibre waviness for high structural performance, integrally woven optical fibre sensors for loads monitoring and damage detection, and woven thermoplastic filaments for self-healing aim to meet the emerging demands of industry for light-weight high-performance composites. This new technology aims to deliver to the Australian textiles and clothing industry a new capability in manufacturing carbon-fibre based fabrics as reinforcements in advanced composites, thus helping reinvigorate and realign an important Australian industry sector.Read moreRead less
The effect of structure and size on the mechanical behaviour of III-V semiconductor nanowires. The project aims to apply in-situ deformation transmission electron microscopy to investigate the mechanical behaviour of compound semiconductor nanowires and the effect of structure and geometry on the behaviour. The results will uncover the fundamental mechanical properties of nanowires and will guide the design of nanowire-based devices.