Student research opportunities
Exotic phases of silicon: electrical optical properties and future devices.
Project Code: CECS_541
This project is available at the following levels:
Engn4200
Please note that this project is only for undergraduate students.
Supervisor:
Simon RuffellOutline:
Nanoindentation of semiconductors is an area of interest at the ANU. In particular, pressure-induced phases of silicon that can formed at the nanoscale have exciting prospects for future devices. So far, electrical characterization of high pressure crystalline phases have yielded some very exciting results but a detailed understanding of these properties is required. It is intended that these phases will be used to fabricate a series of test devices that can be fabricated at room temperature without complicated processing steps; a very attractive proposition.
