Nanotechnology has developed dramatically and significantly influenced industry and academia. Due to the extremely small scale, many experimental discoveries cannot be explained easily using existing theories and neither can the behavior of nanodevices be fitted into current designs.  At the nanoscale, fundamental physical phenomena manifest themselves in the electron transport characteristics of nanoscale devices.  These considerations call for computational approaches to understand such behaviour and to guide researchers in developing future generations of devices.

Therefore, Computational Nanoelectronics and Nano-devices Laboratory (CNNL) was built in 2010, which is under the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore and aims to exploring the physics and upper performance limits of nanoscale devices and quantum effect devices such as molecular devices, thermoelectric devices, novel channel material MOSFETs, spintronic FETs, magnetic field devices, etc.  We have developed our own unique simulators for electron transport in nano-devices under various conditions.  This is a fantastic opportunity not only to investigate new physics at such small dimensions but also to understand the characteristics of various devices. Furthermore, we also aim to establish interdisciplinary partnerships among physics, chemistry, circuit design engineering, green energy, nano-photonics and bio-engineering/science communities, and our research can be really applied in multidisciplinary fields and significantly influence the microelectronics industry.

Research:

Dr. Fong Xuanyao Kelvin's Group:

• Devices-to-systems co-design methodologies for Si and non-Si nanoelectronics; design of high performance and ultralow power logic and memory systems using spintronic devices, circuits, and architectures; and non-Boolean and analog computing paradigms using emerging technologies.

Associate Professor Mansoor's Group

Research interest is in the theory of nanoscale electronic devices:

1. Semiconductor spintronics including spin-orbit effects, spin Hall effect, and spin injection
2. Metal-based spintronics including spin transfer switching, magnetic random access memory, spin-orbit coupling effect. We have theoretically predicted the possibility of switching magnets electrically by means of interfacial spin-orbit coupling effect, and subsequently the phenomenon has been observed experimentally;
3. Transport in graphene devices including Klein tunneling, helical and magnetoresistive transport;
4. Topological insulators (TIs), including spin torque and magnetoresistance in TIs.

Associate Professor Albert Liang's Group

Nanotechnology has developed rapidly in recent years, and it has a great influence in industry and academia. However, due to the extremelly small scale, many experimental discoveries cannot be explained easily using existing theories and neither can the behavior of nanodevices be fitted into current designs. Therefore, computational approaches are called for understanding of such behavious at nanoscale, also providing a guidance to researchers in developing future generations of devices. Hence, we aim to exploring the physics and upper performance limits of nanoscale devices and quantum effect devices such as molecular devices, thermoelectric devices, novel channel material MOSFETs, spin caloritronics devices, topological electronic devices, magnetic field devices, etc. We have developed our own unique simulators for electron transport in nano-devices under various conditions. This is a fantastic opportunity not only to investigate new physics at such small dimensions but also to understand the characteristics of various devices.

Associate Professor Mankei Tsang's Group

Our research focuses on quantum measurement and control theory, a cross-disciplinary field that combines quantum physics, signal processing, and control engineering. We are also interested in quantum optics, nano-optics, and nonlinear optics.

People:

Contact:

Laboratory Technologist: Mr Siow Hong Lin Eric
Contact number: +65 65166681

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