IRES: U.S.-Czech Research Experience for Students on Wide Bandgap Materials for Energy and Biosensing Applications

IRES：美国-捷克学生在能源和生物传感应用宽带隙材料方面的研究经验

• 批准号: 1458427
• 负责人: Tania Paskova
• 金额: $ 24.99万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458427&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; U.S.; Czech; Research; Experience

This U.S.-Czech International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project provides graduate and undergraduate students from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and nearby U.S. universities, North Carolina A&T and Shaw, with early career international research experience at the Czech Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physics, in Prague. The goal is to contribute to a diverse and globally-engaged science and engineering workforce by providing eighteen U.S. student participants, six annually, with the opportunity to pursue mentored research on wide bandgap materials, i.e., nitride and oxide semiconductors materials. At the Czech partners' institute, each participant will gain hands-on experience with advanced characterization techniques. Overall, the research objectives of this IRES project are to study the fundamental and growth related properties of novel wide bandgap semiconductor materials, to identify current technology challenges, and investigate approaches for problem solving. Such materials are of interest because they exhibit promise for future use in devices that would be capable of operating at high power and high frequency, and in harsh atmospheric conditions or biocompatible environments. Under the direction of Principal Investigator Tania Paskova and her Czech counterparts, participant research activities span materials science, surface science, semiconductor physics, and chemistry. The intent is to work cooperatively to increase our fundamental understanding of the inherent electrical, optical and surface properties of wide bandgap materials as well as their modifications, following a variety of chemical treatments to examine their potential and limitations for energy and biosensing applications. The new knowledge and improved understanding of the surface properties, polarity, and doping effects in wide bandgap materials with different crystallographic alignments are expected to contribute to future applications, including power electronics, optoelectronics, and chemical and biological sensors. The early career international research experience will expose the U.S. students to current technology challenges and increase their awareness of the importance of novel materials for areas essential to our future quality of life.

这个美国-捷克学生国际研究经验 (IRES) 项目为来自北卡罗来纳州立大学 (NCSU) 和附近美国大学北卡罗来纳 A&T 和 Shaw 的研究生和本科生提供捷克科学院早期职业国际研究经验。布拉格物理研究所。 目标是通过为 18 名美国学生参与者（每年 6 名）提供对宽带隙材料（即氮化物和氧化物半导体材料）进行指导研究的机会，为多元化和全球参与的科学和工程队伍做出贡献。 在捷克合作伙伴的研究所，每位参与者都将获得先进表征技术的实践经验。 总体而言，该 IRES 项目的研究目标是研究新型宽带隙半导体材料的基本特性和生长相关特性，确定当前的技术挑战，并研究解决问题的方法。 此类材料之所以引起人们的兴趣，是因为它们有望在未来用于能够在高功率和高频下以及恶劣的大气条件或生物相容性环境中运行的设备中。 在首席研究员 Tania Paskova 和捷克同行的指导下，参与者的研究活动涵盖材料科学、表面科学、半导体物理和化学。 目的是通过合作，增加我们对宽带隙材料固有的电学、光学和表面特性及其修饰的基本理解，通过各种化学处理来检查它们在能源和生物传感应用中的潜力和局限性。 对具有不同晶体排列的宽带隙材料的表面性质、极性和掺杂效应的新知识和更好的理解预计将有助于未来的应用，包括电力电子、光电子以及化学和生物传感器。早期职业生涯的国际研究经验将使美国学生了解当前的技术挑战，并提高他们对新型材料对于我们未来生活质量至关重要的领域的重要性的认识。