Tera -scale Integration of Semiconductor Nanocrystals

1. Au wire CdSe-ZnS-GGGC CdSe-ZnS CdS Tera-scale Integration of Semiconductor Nanocrystals Investigators: M. Dutta, ECE; M. Stroscio,ECE and BioE Prime Grant Support: ARO, NSF, AFOSR, SRC, DARPA • Future electronic and optoelectronic systems must be integrated on the terascale and beyond • This research effort explores the use of biomolecules as molecular interconnects for such terascale systems • Synthesis of semiconductor nanostructures • Chemical self-assembly of semiconductor nanostructures • Modeling electrical, optical and mechanical properties of ensembles of nanostructures • Experimental characterization of massively integrated networks of semiconductor nanostructures • Numerous manmade semiconducting nanostructures have been synthesized • Integrated semiconductor quantum dots have been assembled chemically in the Nanoengineering Research Laboratory at UIC • Interactions between semiconductor nanostructures and molecular wires have been modeled for a wide variety of systems • Ultimate goal is massive integration of semiconductor nanostructures in functional electronic and optoelectronic networks