Descripción del proyecto
Programa de investigación interdisciplinario en semiconductores bidimensionales y optoelectrónica
Los semiconductores bidimensionales (2DS, por sus siglas en inglés) atómicamente planos ofrecen formas excepcionales de controlar sus propiedades ópticas y electrónicas y facilitan múltiples aplicaciones nuevas para la electrónica, el almacenamiento de energía, los sensores y la catálisis. Sin embargo, los notables avances de la optoelectrónica europea podrían verse amenazados por una falta de investigadores y desarrolladores expertos y altamente cualificados en este campo. El objetivo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos 2Exciting es formar a quince investigadores noveles a través de una red integrada por ocho grupos académicos y ocho empresas distintas dedicadas a los 2DS. Los investigadores estudiarán la física fundamental de la interacción entre la luz y la materia en los 2DS. Además, desarrollarán dispositivos optoelectrónicos innovadores como moduladores ópticos accionados por tensión y conmutadores valletrónicos, y elaborarán estrategias para adaptar artificialmente las propiedades optoelectrónicas de los 2DS.
Objetivo
Atomically thin, two-dimensional semiconductors (2DS) show exceptionally strong light-matter interaction and opened the
door to new ways of controlling electrical and optical properties through the valley degree of freedom, strain, or by creating
artificial stacks of 2D materials. Optoelectronics has a clear roadmap towards not only broader band, faster and higher
sensitivity or brighter devices, but also devices with new functionalities. The fast growth of industrial applications of 2DS in
the imminent future, where Europe is in an excellent starting position, risks being throttled by a lack of highly qualified
researchers and developers with specific experience in the field. The 2EXCITING network blends together eight academic
groups that are amongst the key players in the 2DS field and eight companies with very diverse profiles, to train 15 Early
Stage Researchers in an unmatched combination of scientific and complementary skills. Together, they will study the
fundamental physics of the light-matter interaction in 2DSs, develop innovative optoelectronic devices such as excitonic
switches, strain-actuated optical modulators, or valleytronic switches, and develop strategies to artificially tailor the
optoelectronic properties of 2DS through electrostatic or chemical doping, strain engineering or the twisting angle of stacked
layers. The network training programme, which comprises three winter schools and three satellite events to the “Flatlands
beyond Graphene” conference series, provides scientific and industrial training to all researchers of the ETN, with active
participation of trainers from the involved non-academic partners, both on specific technology issues and on complementary
skills such as technology transfer, entrepreneurship, and public outreach. All ESRs will spend intersectoral and international
secondments (be seconded from academia to industry or vice versa), most of them for six months duration.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
01069 Dresden
Alemania