Thrust I: van der Waals & Phase-change Materials
We will develop a new family of van der Waals (2D) and phase-change chalcogenide materials with various dimensions and length scales to investigate their structure-property-performance relationships. Plus, their physical/chemical/thermal properties will be manipulate by native defect, doping, alloying such that we can redesign them for enhanced electronic and optoelectronic applications in information technologies.
2D materials including transition and post-transition metal (di)chalcogenides
Phase-change materials and their memory operations
Defect/device physics to reveal new functionalities
Thermal/thermoelectric properties of van der Waals crystals