E-beam Lithography Fabrication for Hybrid Organic Multiferroic and Ferroelectric Functional Heterostructure: From Chemical and Materials Synthesis to Device Fabrication and Electrical Characterization
Abstract
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and the Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act for 2014 allocated $10.7M to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) and to enhance their research and education capabilities in scientific areas relevant to the defense mission. The FY 2014 program supports the acquisition of research equipment and instrumentation to augment existing capabilities and to develop new capabilities that will facilitate greater participation in DoD research programs and encourage more students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. This proposal from Principal Investigator, Dr. Luis Rosa, requests support for the acquisition of an e-beam lithography system to (1) expand capabilities in Nanoscience and Nanofabrication, (2) enhance the innovation potential and collaborative nature of research projects in Humacao, and (3) foster the integration of undergraduate and graduate education in research intensive environments at the University of Puerto Rico-Humacao. The requested equipment will enable the PI to synthesize and fabricate hybrid organic multiferroic and ferroelectric functional heterostructures. This field has broadened into a search for a new class of multifunctional materials, i.e. materials that can perform more than one task or that can be manipulated by several independent stimuli, which can provide new device paradigms. While there are legions of investigators working in the area of multiferroic materials, the PIÕs proposed approach will utilize synergies that include organic materials that work in the thin film limit, and are potentially inexpensive for industrial scale device fabrication. The acquisition of the e-beam lithography system will also enhance current DoD funding at UPRH from proposal ÒMultifunctional Nanofibers Comprised of Conducting and Ferroelectric Polymer Composites: From Chemical Synthesis to Device Fabrication and Electrical CharacterizationÓ. In this project the PI plans to synthesize water soluble conducting polymers with enhanced conductivity and use them in conjunction with insulating ferroelectric polymers to fabricate and test multifunctional devices and sensors at the nanoscale. All of the experiments proposed are within the intellectual grasp of undergraduate and graduate students under our supervision. Many students will be trained in the scientific method and will be motivated to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering by providing them with real opportunities to participate in scientific research. The e-beam lithography system requested in this proposal will strengthen the institutional infrastructure, increase faculty collaboration, and also have a broader impact of improving the research facilities in the southeastern region of the Island.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1510049
Entities
People
- Luis Rosa
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- University of Puerto Rico at Humacao