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RAP opportunity at Air Force Research Laboratory     AFRL

Flexible 2D Materials for Electronics and Sensing

Location

Materials & Manufacturing, RX/Soft Matter Materials

opportunity location
13.25.04.C0222 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 454337817

Advisers

name email phone
Nicholas Robert Glavin nicholas.glavin.1@us.af.mil 937.255.6977

Description

Flexible and stretchable devices based on two-dimensional (2D) materials are known to exhibit a rare combination of high electronic, sensing, and optoelectronic performance with the ability to accommodate large amounts of strain. This unique coupling is enabled by the broad optical absorption in graphene and other 2D material systems, quantum confinement of energy carriers in the 2D plane resulting in ultrafast transport dynamics, the van der Waals bonding between the layers, and the enhanced electromechanical properties that arise due to the extreme thinness of the material.  We are interested in incorporation of 2D materials on polymeric substrates through direct synthesis, laser manipulation, and transfer processes to utilize the exceptional properties of these materials for future electronics and sensors.  Materials of interest include elemental 2D structures including graphene, silicene, and phosphorene, as well as transition metal dichalcogenides, hexagonal boron nitride, and emerging van der Waals materials and heterostructures.  By developing effective strategies to crystalize, dope, and functionalize these materials in a controlled manner, the development of robust, strainable, and high performing flexible electronics and sensors can be realized for future Air Force applications.

key words
2D Materials; Nanomaterials; Flexible electronics; Sensors; 2D electronics, Transition Metal dichalcogenides; Laser processing; Soft materials

Eligibility

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens
Level:  Open to Postdoctoral and Senior applicants

Stipend

Base Stipend Travel Allotment Supplementation
$80,000.00 $5,000.00

$3,000 Supplement for Doctorates in Engineering & Computer Science

Experience Supplement:
Postdoctoral and Senior Associates will receive an appropriately higher stipend based on the number of years of experience past their PhD.

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