Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140101766
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Silicon-germanium-carbon - a novel opto-mechanic material for optical micro-electromechanical systems. Evolving from past black-and-white images, through present red-green-blue multi-spectral capability, future remote imaging systems promise spectroscopic functionality across much broader wavelength ranges in a low-cost system. However, the high cost of multiple materials and technologies for each specific spectral band limits them to high-cost industry sectors. This project proposes a simple, low-cost, single material technology based on silicon-germanium-carbon thin films for mechanical and optical applications from ultraviolet to long-wave infrared, enabling widespread application of spectroscopic imaging to multiple fields extending from climate change research, through resource exploration, to cancer detection, and aerospace/defense.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 03-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $620,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering (excl. Communications) | Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits | Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Industrial Instruments | Emerging Defence Technologies | Integrated Circuits and Devices |
