Project description
First experiment designed to test room temperature thermal engineering in 2D materials
New and existing 2D materials present a unique opportunity to achieve ultra-thin electronic and optoelectronic devices. The optical and electrical properties of 2D materials have been the focus of many studies, but their thermal properties – which are crucial to mastering the thermal management of devices – remain largely unexplored. The EU-funded NATELM project will conduct the first experiment to test thermal and phononic devices in 2D and layered materials that aim at functioning temperatures exceeding 300 Kelvin. The project will engineer tiny patterns of around 10 nm in length to study ballistic and coherent thermal transport phenomena, for which such dimensions are a requirement. The project's expected outcomes will represent a major step forward in the field of thermal management at the nanoscale.
Objective
As modern devices shrink, thermal management become increasingly critical. The need for better understanding and control of thermal transport at the nanoscale thus arise and has been in the spotlight for several years for semiconductors such as silicon in particular. Recently, layered and 2D materials have been the focus of much research for their promising optical and electronic properties, and will be the core of many future devices in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. Their thermal properties need to be understood and controllable. Due to experimental challenges, they have remained largely unexplored. We propose the first experimental realization of thermal and phononic devices in 2D and layered materials that are expected to function at temperatures exceeding 300K. Our approach is based on engineering defects, pores or inclusions, in suspended 2D materials by focused ion beam and electron-beam lithography. These method would allow fabrication of desired (periodic, asymmetric, gradient) patterns with close to atomic precision and characteristic length scale of ~10 nm. That is smaller than the mean free path and coherence length of phonons in materials such aWe propose the first experimental realization of phononic devices in 2D materials that are ex-pected to function at temperatures exceeding 300K. Our approach is based on engineering de-fects in suspended 2D materials by focused ion beam. This method would allow fabrication of desired (periodic, asymmetric) patterns with close to atomic precision and characteristic length scale of ~10 nm. That is smaller than the mean free path and coherence length of phonons in materials such as graphene. This would provide fundamentally new opportunities to study ballis-tic and coherent thermal transport phenomena, for which such dimensions are a requirement, and to design novel thermal devices. If successful, it would represent a major step forward in the field of thermal management at the nanoscale.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF
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75794 Paris
France
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