Semiconductor sciences impact all forms of modern life. Everything from your personal computer to your bread toaster contains computer chips that are designed and built in increasingly complex ways. The modeling of these devices is paramount to the understanding that we have of nanoscale circuit effects.

The semiconductor science group at Intercollege-Larnaca have expertise in the design and modeling of quantum effect nanostructures (such as quantum dots) using atomistic potentials for the calculation of wavefunctions, phonon spectra and the elastic properties of nanoscale devices.

Quantum dots have applications for devices such as superluminescent diodes, Infra Red detectors and photovoltaic solar technologies. Semiconductor device modeling creates models for the behavior of the electrical devices based on fundamental physics, such as the doping profiles of the devices. Here at Intercollege-Larnaca we are particularly interested in Type IV Silicon based nanoscale models, and Type III-V direct bandgap semiconductor simulations, including phonon effects and the development of an atomistic potential to take ionicity into account across miulti-million atom scale models.

More information? Contact: Dr. David Powell