IRG III: Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Semiconductor and Magnetic Structures @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Fields: | Magnetics / Ferroelectrics / Spintronics | Nano Focused | Nanostructures / Nanoparticles |
Senior Investigators:
Moungi G. Bawendi (group leader)
Raymond C. Ashoori
Rajeev J. Ram
Leonid S. Levitov
Marc A. Kastner
Research Goals: Modern electronics has provided the foundation for the scientific and technological advances of the last few decades but will soon face serious obstacles that may limit further miniaturization and development. Nanoscale elements, with properties dominated by quantum mechanics, are expected to play an important role in overcoming many of these barriers. The focus of this IRG is to explore charge and spin transport in solid-state electronic structures whose building blocks are in the nanometer size regime, so as to understand the fundamental physical principles governing transport through and between these potentially important building blocks of future electronic devices. Members of this IRG have pioneered the development of both chemically produced nanocrystal assemblies as well as lithographically defined nanostructures, both of which will be explored.