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MichiganState University

Science at the Edge

Engineering Seminar

*November 13^th , 2015*

11:30 a.m., Room1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building

Refreshments served at 11:15 a.m.

*Ali Javey*

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

University of California, Berkeley**

*/2D Semiconductor Electronics: Advances, Challenges and Opportunities/**/

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Abstract

Two-dimensional (2-D) semiconductors exhibit excellent device 
characteristics, as well as novel optical, electrical, and 
optoelectronic characteristics. In this talk, I will present our recent 
advancements in defect passivation, contact engineering, surface charge 
transfer doping, and heterostructure devices of layered chalcogenides.We 
have developed a defect repair/passivation technique that allows for 
observation of near-unity quantum yield in monolayer MoS_2 . The work 
presents the first demonstration of an optoelectronically perfect 
monolayer. Forming Ohmic contacts for both electrons and holes is 
necessary in order to exploit the performance limits of enabled devices 
while shedding light on the intrinsic properties of a material system. 
In this regard, we have developed different strategies, including the 
use of surface charge transfer doping at the contacts to thin down the 
Schottky barriers, thereby, enabling efficient injection of electrons or 
holes.We have been able to show high performance n- and p-FETs with 
various 2D materials.Additionally, I will discuss the use of layered 
chalcogenides for various heterostructure device applications, 
exploiting charge transfer at the van der Waals heterointerfaces. I will 
also present progress towards achieving tunnel transistors using layered 
semiconductors.


Bio

Professor Ali Javey is the Conexant Systems Distinguished Professor at 
the University of California, Berkeley. He received a Ph.D. degree in 
chemistry from Stanford University in 2005, and was a Junior Fellow of 
the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2005 to 2006. He then joined the 
faculty of the University of California at Berkeley where he is 
currently a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. 
He is also a faculty scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory where he serves as the program leader of Electronic Materials 
(E-Mat). He is an associate editor of ACS Nano. He is the co-director of 
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC), and Bay Area PV Consortium 
(BAPVC).

Professor Javey's research interests encompass the fields of chemistry, 
materials science, and electrical engineering. His work focuses on the 
integration of nanoscale electronic materials for various technological 
applications, including 2D electronics, flexible circuits and sensors, 
and energy generation and harvesting. His awards include Nano Letters 
Young Investigator Lectureship (2014); UC Berkeley Electrical 
Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award (2012); APEC Science Prize for 
Innovation, Research and Education (2011); Netexplorateur of the Year 
Award (2011); IEEE Nanotechnology Early Career Award (2010); Alfred P. 
Sloan Fellow (2010); Mohr Davidow Ventures Innovators Award (2010); 
National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in Research (2009); 
Technology Review TR35 (2009); NSF Early CAREER Award (2008); U.S. 
Frontiers of Engineering by National Academy of Engineering (2008); and 
Peter Verhofstadt Fellowship from the Semiconductor Research Corporation 
(2003).


For further information please contact Prof. Richard Lunt, Department of 
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at [log in to unmask]

Persons with disabilities have the right to request and receive 
reasonable accommodation. Please call the Department of Chemical 
Engineering and Materials Science at 355-5135 at least one day prior to 
the seminar; requests received after this date will be met when possible.