[COM_RESOURCES_DRAFT_INTERNAL] Semiconductor-Organic Heterostructures
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| Abstract | Recently there has been significant interest in incorporating molecular monolayers in electronic devices for sensing, nanoelectronic, energy conversion, and biological applications. Device properties can be modulated using surface chemistry, leading to flexible fabrication schemes and new system functionalities. It is desirable to develop solid-state molecular devices on technologically relevant materials such as silicon, since the processing infrastructure and physical insights that have been developed for traditional integrated circuits can be utilized for such hybrid devices. Key challenges related to the fabrication, structural characterization, and electrical properties of such systems will be discussed with particular focus on novel in-situ chemical characterization techniques and consequences for the device analysis. Results will be presented for metal-molecule-silicon devices in which the electronic transport is governed by the interplay between the molecular-electronic properties and silicon bandstructure, enabling novel hybrid organic/semiconductor functionality. Combining these device concepts with optically, biologically, or electrically active molecular layers will result in new classes of hybrid devices with the potential for low cost, highly integrated systems. |
| Bio | 
Adina Scott received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in December of 2008. Her doctoral research focused on silicon surface chemistry for electronic device applications. She began her research career as an undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University in the Advanced Metrology and Nano Device Applications laboratory. Her work in the areas of solid electrolyte switches for memory applications and novel atomic force microscopy instrumentation and techniques led to several conference presentations, a refereed journal article, and a senior project prize. After receiving her BS, she worked briefly as a staff scientist for a small company called Manufacturing Instrumentation Consultant Corporation (MICC-LLC) developing sensor systems for non-destructive testing. Since joining Purdue as a graduate student, she has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, the Purdue Doctoral Fellowship, and a NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computation graduate research fellowship. She has presented extensively at conferences, been invited to present talks, and authored several papers. Adina is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Vacuum Society. |
| Sponsored by | Department of Chemistry Seminar, Purdue University. |
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| Time | 04:30 PM, March 26, 2009 |
| Location | WTHR 104, Purdue University |
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