Projects
I. Graphene high speed electronics
Modern
electronics have found uses in almost every aspect of our lives, including
computing, communication, automation, energy and environment. To a large extent,
these advances are the benefits from continuous “scaling-down” of Silicon-based
devices. The approach to the ultimate scaling
down limits has inspired a worldwide effort to develop alternative device
technologies. This proposal addresses the discrepancy between devices’ cut-off
frequency, power dissipation and integration level. The solution to the problem
can be best achieved by developing novel substrate materials with high carrier
mobility and high thermal conductivity. To this end, graphene is a perfect
material since graphene exhibits the highest thermal conductivity among all the
materials known to the scientific community and the electron mobility in
graphene is 100 times faster than that in silicon!