Quantum sensing is an emerging field that holds great promise, but building the crystal substrate for these nanoscale sensors has proved challenging. Now, Berkeley researchers have developed a novel fabrication method to structure quantum sensing particles into complex 3D configurations that can accurately detect changes in temperature and magnetic fields in microscopic environments.
Researchers develop innovative tool for measuring electron dynamics in semiconductors
At the heart of every mobile phone, laptop and autonomous vehicle is a tiny semiconductor whose properties and, ultimately, performance are determined by free electrons. Now, UC Berkeley researchers have developed a new way to measure these electrons that could lead to more energy-efficient semiconductor materials and electronics. As reported in Nano Letters, researchers demonstrated a …
ME Professor Costas Grigoropoulos Gives 2018 Hawkins Memorial Lecture in Heat Transfer
On Thursday, October 4th at Purdue University, ME Professor Costas Grigoropoulos gave the 2018 Hawkins Memorial Lecture in Heat Transfer on “Laser Materials Processing and Nanomanufacturing.” The annual lecture series was established in 1984 to honor the memory of George A. Hawkins, former dean of the College of Engineering. The memorial lecture provides an opportunity for a leader in heat transfer …
ME Professor Costas Grigoropoulos’ Laser Thermal Lab Featured in Latest Issue of Advanced Materials
Researchers in the Laser Thermal Laboratory have developed a new method for the stable doping of atomically layered transition-metal dichalchogenide materials TMDCs. TMDCs play a crucial role in next generation opto- electronic devices enabling new functionalities to overcome limitations of current semiconductor devices. Doping is a central issue in the integration of these new materials …
ME PhD Students’ Research from the Laser Thermal Laboratory Published in Nature Materials
Dr. Hojeong Jeon and doctoral student Sangmo Koo of the Laser Thermal Laboratory LTL reported their work on the functionalization of the surface of biological devices by ablative direct laser writing in the August 20 issue of Nature Materials. Patterned surfaces with nanoscale craters can control the cell ability to stick to surfaces. This in …