Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP110101026

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Narrow band gap silicon: understanding and exploiting this new silicon phase. This project aims to study for the first time exciting new forms of conducting and insulating silicon that can be formed by simply pressing down on silicon with an indenter tip. As well as producing new science, the technological outcomes involve new devices and processes of significance to electronics and solar industries.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council