Insulation electrostatics: identification, location and stability of charge carriers

• Grant number: 07/00810-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2007
• End date: June 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Galembeck
• Grantee: Sergio Bertazzo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The development of computer science and semiconductors has recently drawn a great deal of attention to electrostatic phenomena. This project aims at the identification, speciation and determination of the stability of charged species in dieletrics, using recently models and methodology developed in this laboratory.