on high-throughput discovery of Phase Change Materials for Co-designed Electronic and Optical Computational Devices.
FuSe: Future of Semiconductors
Project: High-throughput Discovery of Phase Change Materials for Co-designed Electronic and Optical Computational Devices (PHACEO)
Partners: Prof. Carlos A. Rios Ocampo (UMD), Prof. Yifei Mo (UMD), Prof. Ichiro Takeuchi (UMD), Prof. Juejun Hu (MIT), Prof. Eric Seabron (Howard University), and Prof. Arka Majumdar (University of Washington)
Non-technical description: The demand for energy needed to store and process data is growing at an unsustainable rate. New technologies are clearly needed. Phase change materials, which can dramatically change their electronic, optical, and physical properties during phase transitions, offer a promising solution. Their tunability makes them promising candidates for emerging applications such as energy-efficient in-memory computing. This FuSe project will explore a new class of phase change materials that combine five or more elements in comparable amounts. The field of materials science has been captivated by the discovery of such high-entropy materials. For example, high entropy ceramics have unique thermal and mechanical properties not possible with simpler compositions. In this project, investigators will combine computational materials discovery with combinatorial synthesis to realize high entropy phase change materials. The most promising candidates will be characterized comprehensively and integrated into electronic and photonic computational devices. The team will establish a robust pipeline to educate the next-generation workforce. They will offer rotational internships so that students can work at different universities and in cross-cutting fields and promote their success through mentoring. The team will also create a partnership between the University of Maryland and Howard University, an HBCU, to promote the direct exchange of research mentorship and training.
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