Descrizione del progetto
Un programma di ricerca interdisciplinare nell’ambito dei semiconduttori bidimensionali e dell’optoelettronica
I semiconduttori bidimensionali atomicamente piatti offrono possibilità eccezionali per il controllo delle loro proprietà ottiche ed elettroniche, permettendo molteplici nuove applicazioni per l’elettronica, l’accumulo di energia, i sensori e la catalisi. Ciononostante, gli straordinari progressi compiuti nel settore dell’optoelettronica europea potrebbero essere minacciati dalla mancanza di ricercatori e di sviluppatori esperti e altamente qualificati in questo ambito. Il progetto 2Exciting, finanziato dall’UE, si propone di formare 15 ricercatori in fase iniziale di carriera tramite una rete costituita da otto gruppi accademici e otto diverse imprese attive nel settore dei semiconduttori bidimensionali. I ricercatori studieranno la fisica fondamentale delle interazioni luce-materia nei semiconduttori bidimensionali. Inoltre, realizzeranno dispositivi optoelettronici innovativi, tra cui, modulatori ottici azionati dallo sforzo e interruttori valleytronici, dando origine a strategie per personalizzare artificialmente le proprietà optoelettroniche dei semiconduttori bidimensionali.
Obiettivo
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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Meccanismo di finanziamento
MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinatore
01069 Dresden
Germania