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Materials Congress 2018
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Nano Research & Applications
ISSN: 2471-9838
W o r l d C o n g r e s s o n
Materials Science & Engineering
A u g u s t 2 3 - 2 5 , 2 0 1 8
Am s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s
T
he demand for very high or extremely low power consumption, improved
performance, and reduced cost, size, and weight, motivate the electronic
materials research focus of the Energy and Power (E&P) programs at the
US Army Research Laboratory (ARL). A brief overview of our programs on
electronic materials will be provided. This includes growth, processing,
characterization and fabrication of materials and devices, including modeling
and simulation of materials characteristics and devices operation. Much of our
efforts are on efficient energy conversion materials, including materials and
devices for photovoltaics, thermophotovoltaics, betavoltaics, thermoelectrics,
pyroelectrics and others. Examples from our programs on high power and
low power electronics will be discussed in more detail. One aspect of our
high power, high temperature electronics program includes research on
wide bandgap materials and devices: correlation of structural, analytical and
electrical characteristics of SiC MOS device structures. On the other side of
the spectrum, the low power, low loss, energy efficient electronics, a new class
of materials are emerging, quantum materials and the corresponding devices
enabling unique electronic properties and functionalities. An example of our
program on quantum materials includes PbSnTe-based topological insulators,
including materials growth, processing and characterization of the topological
device structures. Much of our research is performed in close collaboration
with our partners from the open campus and the ARL extended capabilities.
A brief summary of the various collaborative opportunities with ARL will be
presented at the end.
Biography
Tsvetanka S Zheleva is the Associate Chief for the Energy and
Power Division at ARL. Her expertise is in the areas of Applied
Physics and Materials Science. She has published her research
in over 150 publications in the areas of thin film physics,
semiconductor materials and devices, interface engineering,
structural analysis of device heterostructures. She holds 12
patents and her work is cited over 4000 times in peer reviewed
journals and patent literature.
tsvetanka.s.zheleva.civ@mail.milElectronic materials research for energy and power applications
Tsvetanka S Zheleva and Edward C Shaffer
US Army Research Lab, USA
Tsvetanka S Zheleva et al., Nano Res Appl 2018, Volume: 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C4-017