Growth and fabrication of semiconductor nanomembrane structures for basic research and potential device applications

• Grant number: 16/14001-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Christoph Friedrich Deneke
• Grantee: Christoph Friedrich Deneke
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Nanomembranes, developed in the last decade, constitute a novel class of two-dimensional materials. They have attracted applied and basic research due to their potential use in hybrid material based device architectures, flexible electronics or for studying basic effects on the nanometer scale. In this project, we aim to build the bridge between fundamental and applied research. We intend to study the fundamental properties of nanomembrane systems in regrade for their potential applications in optics or electronic devices. We plan to carry out fundamental growth studies using molecular beam epitaxy to understand the formation of nanostructures on top of semiconductor membranes. In a second step, we will investigate the suitability of these membranes for the growth of optical device. Beside the investigation of membranes as virtual, compliant substrates, we would like to develop a new class of plasmonic devices based on rolled-up semiconductor membranes. For this propose, we will optimize and study the integration of a new class of strain free, mesoscopic GaAs emitters into rolled-up tube resonators. As plasmonic gain material, we like to use graphene due to its good plasmonic response in the visible range as well as better transparency compared to Ag or Au. Before the experimental realization of such structures, we plan to carry out finite difference time domain (FDTD) calculation to optimize our design.If granted, the project will not only support the molecular beam epitaxy facilities of the LNNano, but also will allow this facility to continue to offer high quality III-V heterostructures to the Brazilian research community. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ROSA, BARBARA L. T.; PARRA-MURILLO, CARLOS A.; CHAGAS, THAIS; GARCIA JUNIOR, AILTON J.; GUIMARAES, PAULO S. S.; DENEKE, CH.; MAGALHAES-PANIAGO, ROGERIO; MALACHIAS, ANGELO. Scanning Tunneling Measurements in Membrane-Based Nanostructures: Spatially-Resolved Quantum State Analysis in Postprocessed Epitaxial Systems for Optoelectronic Applications. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, v. 2, n. 7, p. 4655-4664, JUL 2019. (16/14001-7)

ALZEIDAN, AHMAD; DE CANTALICE, TIAGO F.; GARCIA JR, AILTON J.; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH F.; QUIVY, ALAIN A.; IEEE. Investigation of the quantum confinement anisotropy in a submonolayer quantum dot infrared photodetector. 2019 34TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES (SBMICRO 2019), v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2019-01-01. (16/14001-7)

GORDO, VANESSA ORSI; RODRIGUES, LEONARDE N.; KNOPPER, FLORIS; GARCIA JR, AILTON J.; IIKAWA, FERNANDO; COUTO JR, ODILON D. D.; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH. Band structure engineering in strain-free GaAs mesoscopic systems. Nanotechnology, v. 31, n. 25, APR 3 2020. (16/16365-6, 16/14001-7, 12/11382-9)

SCOTT, SHELLEY A.; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH; PASKIEWICZ, DEBORAH M.; RYU, HYUK JU; MALACHIAS, ANGELO; BAUNACK, STEFAN; SCHMIDT, OLIVER G.; SAVAGE, DONALD E.; ERIKSSON, MARK A.; LAGALLY, MAX G.. Silicon Nanomembranes with Hybrid Crystal Orientations and Strain States. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v. 9, n. 48, p. 42372-42382, DEC 6 2017. (16/14001-7)

GARCIA, JR., AILTON J.; RODRIGUES, LEONARDE N.; COVRE DA SILVA, SAIMON FILIPE; MORELHAO, SERGIO L.; COUTO, JR., ODILON D. D.; IIKAWA, FERNANDO; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH. In-place bonded semiconductor membranes as compliant substrates for III-V compound devices. NANOSCALE, v. 11, n. 8, p. 3748-3756, FEB 28 2019. (16/14001-7)

COVRE DA SILVA, SAIMON FILIPE; MARDEGAN, THAYNA; DE ARAUJO, SIDNEI RAMIS; OSPINA RAMIREZ, CARLOS ALBERTO; KIRAVITTAYA, SUWIT; COUTO, JR., ODILON D. D.; IIKAWA, FERNANDO; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH. Fabrication and Optical Properties of Strain-free Self-assembled Mesoscopic GaAs Structures. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS, v. 12, JAN 21 2017. (14/17141-9, 16/14001-7, 12/11382-9)

RODRIGUES, LEONARDE N.; SCOLFARO, DIEGO; DA CONCEICAO, LUCAS; MALACHIAS, ANGELO; COUTO, ODILON D. D.; IIKAWA, FERNANDO; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH. Rolled-Up Quantum Wells Composed of Nanolayered InGaAs/GaAs Heterostructures as Optical Materials for Quantum Information Technology. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, v. 4, n. 3, p. 3140-3147, MAR 26 2021. (12/11382-9, 16/14001-7)

LANZONI, EVANDRO MARTIN; DA SILVA, SAIMON F. COVRE; KNOPPER, MATTHIJN FLORIS; GARCIA, AILTON J.; RODRIGUES COSTA, CARLOS ALBERTO; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH. Imaging the electrostatic landscape of unstrained self-assemble GaAs quantum dots. Nanotechnology, v. 33, n. 16, APR 16 2022. (16/14001-7)

GOMES, GABRIEL; GOMES, MARCOS L. F.; DA SILVA, SAIMON F. COVRE; GARCIA JR, AILTON; RASTELLI, ARMANDO; COUTO JR, ODILON D. D.; MALACHIAS, ANGELO; DENEKE, CHRISTOPH. Review: using rolled-up tubes for strain-tuning the optical properties of quantum emitters. Nanotechnology, v. 34, n. 41, p. 21-pg., 2023-10-08. (16/14001-7, 21/06803-4)