EAGER: Education through Innovative Research: Novel Plasmonic Semiconductors

EAGER：通过创新研究进行教育：新型等离子体半导体

基本信息

批准号：
1535876
负责人：
Daniela Radu
金额：
$ 9.86万
依托单位：
Delaware 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 2018-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1535876&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
EAGER Education through Innovative Research

项目摘要

The National Science Foundation uses the EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) funding mechanism to support exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas or approaches. The project at Delaware State University aims to integrate research and education to establish the foundation for a new research direction in plasmonic semiconductors, and for validating an educational approach by promoting innovative research to undergraduate chemistry students. The research will explore a paradigm shift in plasmonic materials by investigating ternary and quaternary chalcogenide semiconductor nanostructures for their plasmonic effects in the infrared region. The project's progress and methodology will be captured in a course designed to train students in innovation and creative thinking in research. Recent research reports indicate that nanostructured semiconductor particles could exhibit potent plasmonic effects in the near infrared region that could impact dramatically their light-matter interaction. A plethora of semiconductor materials, both oxides and chalcogenides, have been thoroughly investigated for their photovoltaic properties and therefore their preparation methods are readily available. The proposed project seeks to synthesize and explore plasmonic effects in germanium chalchogenides, CuGeS2 and Cu2ZnGeS4, using the previously reported CuInS2 nanorings as models for the synthetic approach. The findings of these unprecedented studies will be applied to a large number of chalcogenides. The knowledge generated in the area of chalcogenide semiconductors could lead to developing novel devices in the field of infrared detectors for applications in areas such as personal protection or food safety.

美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）使用早期概念赠款进行探索性研究（急切）资金机制，以在未经测试但可能具有变革性的研究思想或方法的早期阶段支持探索性工作。特拉华州立大学的项目旨在整合研究和教育，以建立等离子半导体的新研究方向的基础，并通过向本科化学学生促进创新研究来验证一种教育方法。这项研究将通过研究三元和五核酸元素半导体纳米结构的血浆纳米结构来探索等离激元材料的范式转移，以在红外区域的等离子效应。该项目的进步和方法论将在旨在培训学生进行创新和创造性思维的课程中捕获。最近的研究报告表明，纳米结构的半导体颗粒可能在近红外区域表现出有效的等离子体作用，这可能会显着影响其轻质物质相互作用。已经对其光伏特性进行了彻底研究，多种半导体材料，包括氧化物和硫化剂，因此很容易获得它们的制备方法。拟议的项目旨在使用先前报道的cuins2纳米纳米纳米纳米属作为合成方法的模型来合成和探索瓜藻元素，cuges2和cu2znges4中的等离子效应。这些前所未有的研究的发现将应用于大量的墨西哥葡萄染剂。葡萄干剂半导体区域中产生的知识可能会导致在红外探测器领域开发新的设备，以在个人保护或食品安全等领域的应用中进行应用。