Zahra Barani presented at the NSF Workshop — New Frontiers of Thermal Transport
Zahra Barani, a graduate student research assistant at the POEM Center presented at the NSF Workshop -- New Frontiers of Thermal Transport in the Thermal Management symposium. Zahra’s poster was entitled Graphene Enhanced Thermal Interface Materials: Percolation Threshold and Synergistic Effects. The discovery of unique heat conduction properties of graphene and few-layer graphene motivated research of curing and non-curing composites with graphene fillers for thermal management applications....
Quasi-One-Dimensional van der Waals Materials: From 2D Atomic Planes to Bundles of 1D Atomic Chains
Professor Balandin gave an invited talk at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall 2020 Meeting in the virtual format. The invited talk entitled “Unique properties of quasi-one-dimensional and mixed dimensional van der Waals heterostructures” was delivered at the Symposium – Advanced Manufacturing of Mixed Dimensional Heterostructures. The talk is available on demand at MRS web- site. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have revealed...
Professor Balandin gives a live keynote talk at the virtual MRS Spring – Fall 2020 Meeting
Professor Balandin’s invited talk at the Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting was selected for the live keynote presentation in the session “2D Atomic and Molecular Sheets—Electronic and Photonic Properties and Device Applications.” Professor Balandin delivered a talk entitled “Electronic Properties and Device Applications of Quasi 2D Charge Density Wave Materials.” The charge density wave (CDW) phase is a quantum state consisting of a periodic modulation of the electronic charge density...
Professor Balandin co-leads a thermal thrust of a new DOE Energy Frontier Research Center
Distinguished professor Alexander A. Balandin is part of a new U.S. Department of Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) that aims to create a more resilient and sustainable electricity grid by using next-generation materials. The center is led by Arizona State University, and includes research teams at UC Riverside, Cornell University, Michigan State University, Sandia National Laboratories, Stanford University, and University of Bristol. The four-year, $12.4 million award from the DOE’s...
Electromagnetic interference shielding with graphene composites for 5G-and-beyond communication technologies
A fast increase in wireless communications, portable devices, and high-power transmission lines has made the environmental EM pollution a major concern for human health. The dense packing of the electronic components in the state-of-the-art 2D, 2.5D and 3D integrated systems and generation of high heat fluxes create an environment with elevated temperatures, which adversely affect the efficiency and stability of the EMI shielding. In the recent work, a research team led by a distinguished...
Congratulations to new PhD degree graduates from POEM Center
Tammy C.Y. Huang defended her PhD dissertation in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Tammy’s dissertation research was entitled “Phononic and photonic properties of shape-engineered silicon nanoscale pillar arrays.” During her PhD studies Tammy had an internship at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland. Jacob Lewis defended his PhD dissertation in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) on the topic “Thermal and electrical performance control and lifespan progression of...
Balandin and Kargar secure NSF grant to fund development of unique spectroscopy system
Alexander Balandin, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Fariborz Kargar, adjunct assistant professor, both of the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE), received Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) funding of $741,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop a unique spectroscopy facility at the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) Phonon Optimized Engineering Materials (POEM) Center. The project, “MRI: Development of a...
Balandin receives funding from DOE for investigating phase transitions in the two-dimensional quantum materials
ECE distinguished professor Alexander Balandin received $500K funding for investigating electric-bias control of phase transitions in a special type of quantum materials. The Department of Energy (DOE) project aims at understanding physical mechanisms and developing methods for electric-bias control of phase transitions in quasi-two-dimensional (2D) charge-density-wave (CDW) quantum materials. A strongly correlated CDW phase is a macroscopic quantum state consisting of a periodic modulation of...
Show Must Go On
Professor Balandin's invited talk entitled "Monitoring and Controlling Charge-Density-Waves in 2D Materials," which was supposed to be presented at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Denver, Colorado on Monday March 2nd, was, instead, presented at Riverside, California, USA, on the same day. The talk is available at the Virtual March Meeting.