University of Glasgow
Contact persons:
Asen Asenov, Vihar Georgiev
Equipment / Facilities
Processing platform
2 clusters with around 1500 cups
Modelling platform
- Licenses for Synopsys, QuantumWise, ADF
- Home made code based on NEGF and DD methods
Characterization platform
James Watt Nanofabrication Center
Expertise
| Main Expertises | ||
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| Beyond CMOS | Neuromorphic Computing | • Simulations of RRAM • Simulation and Fabrication of hybrid (organic/inorganic) memories |
| Phonon engineering | X | |
| Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS | • Electronic transport simulation using NEGF solvers. • Simulation using self-consistent Schrödinger Poisson solvers |
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| Alternative materials-2D layers | x | |
| Novel devices for ultra-low power | • Density Functional Theory and Drift-Diffusion simulations | |
| 1D | • CNT-based transistors and interconnects • Devices based on carbon nanotubes and silicon nanowires |
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| Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics | • Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function Simulations • Quantum Simulations • Superconducting qubits simulations • Semiconductor qubits |
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| More Moore | Logic Nanodevices& circuits | • Electronic transport simulation using NEGF solvers. • Simulation using self-consistent Schrödinger Poisson solvers • Terahertz nonlinearities |
| Memories | • Molecular based memories • Flash memories: variability and reliability • Ferroelectric memory devices • Self-power electronics (transistors) based on 2D ferroelectric and ferroic materials (oxides, halide perovskites and MXenes) |
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| Very low power devices | x | |
| High temperature electronics | x | |
| More than Moore | micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems | • Silicon-based nanobiosensor design and fabrication • DFT calculations of materials properties • Chemical sensors simulations |
| Energy Harvesting | • Ground state DFT calculations, and Molecular Dynamics | |
| RF devices & circuits | x | |
| Photonics devices | x | |
| Power devices | x | |
| Flexible electronics | • Electronic properties from first-principles • Simulation of charge transport in organic matter (polaron transport) • 2D spintronics • Electronic properties from first-principles. Modeling different physical properties (structural, piezoelectric, magnetic, thermal, etc.) |
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| Smart systems& Systems design | Smart systems | X |
| Systems design | x |
Research interests
| Research interests | ||
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| Beyond CMOS | Neuromorphic Computing | • Spiking neural networks • Defect engineering for the manipulation of conductance and retention (especially in ionic-electronic conductors) • Molecular electronics: molecular memories |
| Phonon engineering | • High-efficient low-temperature thermoelectrics • Thermal conductivity, thermal management and link to noise • Strain control of electronic band structure in 2D materials • Phonons as state variable • Thermoelectric devices • Strain control of electronic band structure in 2D materials |
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| Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS | • 2D layers for 2DEG quantum systems • Phonon-based devices in NOEMS based on phonon coupling to together state variables |
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| Alternative materials-2D layers | • Simulations of few-layer graphene and TMD sheets • Printed graphene and TMD for flexible electronic devices • Applications for 2D materials, e.g. sensors, spin-orbit torque memories |
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| Novel devices for ultra-low power | • Spintronics and new methods to study spin dynamics • Molecular electronincs, nanointerfaces in low-dimensional systems and thermal properties • Printed methods for device fabrication |
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| 1D | • Graphene nanoribbons • Nanowire networks |
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| Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics | • Silicon nanoelectronics for quantum technologies • Silicon based signal amplifier for low temperature electronics • Superconducting qubits • Semiconductor qubits |
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| More Moore | Logic Nanodevices& circuits | • 2-dimensional spintronics, including grapheme • Spin devices. • quantum logic devices • MoS2 transistors architecture for elementary logic component • Optical computing • Terahertz for 6G |
| Memories | • Metal oxide-based nanoscale memory devices • Artificial synapse demonstration based on flexible memories • Unconventional ways of controlling the magnetization. Spin orbit torques (e.g. from spin-Hall effect) • Understanding fundamental effects |
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| Very low power devices | • Coupled state variables • Phonon-electron and phonon-photon coupling in nano-optoemectronic devices |
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| High temperature electronics | • Hot-carrier photonics and (opto)electronics | |
| More than Moore | micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems | • Piezoelectrics, chemical sensors simulations • Nanobiosensors and flexible lab-on-a-chip • Nanobiosensors for healthcare and environmental fields applications • 0D (pore), 1D (tube/wire), 2D (graphene and TMD) and 3D (fluidics) biosensors for single molecule detection and analysis • Silicon nanobiosensors for rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests |
| Energy Harvesting | • Perovskite solar cells • Hybrid photoelectrochemical water splitter • Wireless powering of implanted and on body devices |
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| RF devices & circuits | • Spin orbit torques • Superconducting qubits • Wireless sensors for neural sensing • Biomedical electronics |
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| Photonics devices | • Photodetection • Nonlinear photonics • Transceivers for data com • Nanowire based single photon emitters and detectors. |
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| Power devices | • Nanopatterning surfaces and metamaterial design for photonic components • Photodetectors • Nanowire based single photon emitters and detectors. |
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| Flexible electronics | • Graphene and 2D materials electronics • Wearable sensors • MoS2 transistors architecture for flexible elementary logic component • Composite materials • Printing methods for device fabrication • Flexible and stretchable technology based on 2D materials for neural interfaces; implantable devices for brain therapies |
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| Smart systems& Systems design | Smart systems | • Self-powered tactile sensors and sensor array • Robotics, human learning, cognition and bio-mechatronics |
| Systems design | • Design of biomimetic tactile sensor array • Design of biomimetic peripheral nervous system • Musculoskeletal monitoring, neuroscience, oncology, trauma care, etc. |
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