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Domestic Participating Institutions

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Rice University serves as the lead institution and headquarters for the organization and implementation of our TeraNano research and education programs. Prof. Junichiro Kono will serve as the principal investigator and will interact with all members to develop research plans, goals, and objectives for each research themes. Our PIRE Education & International Initiatives Manager, will leverage Rice’s successful international education programs for engineering students through synergies with the School of Engineering and the newly established Center for Engineering Leadership, a resource for communication, professional development, and enrichment programming.

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Under the direction of Prof. Alexey Belyanin, Texas A&M University (TAMU) will contribute expertise in theory and modeling, a continuation of their research work under PIRE I.

The main goal of work to be done at TAMU is to build a solid theoretic framework for the proposed terahertz (THz) spectroscopy studies of various nanostructures. This framework will be then used to interpret the experimental results obtained by the whole team and to propose new experiments. This main objective is further subdivided into several tasks:

Education & Outreach: TAMU will work closely with the TeraNano PIRE Center on applicable education & outreach efforts. TAMU will contribute to the development of experimental lab resources and related talks, curricula and other resources in support of TeraNano education programming. TAMU will also promote the NanoJapan IREU program to eligible undergraduate students on their campus and assist TAMU TeraNano Graduate Fellows with the preparation and submission of research proposals for participation in the TeraNano Graduate IRE program.

 

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Education & Outreach: The Center for Global Education at the University of Tulsa will continue its role with directing award-winning NanoJapan Program under the advisement of Dr. Cheryl Matherly, Assistant Provost for Global Education. Dr. Matherly will also manage all education assessment activities. The University of Tulsa is experienced with designing undergraduate research experiences and currently maintains active math/science partnership programs with school districts in Tulsa and throughout Oklahoma.

Specifically TU will be responsible for:

  • Oversight of the design and implementation of the education program including the NanoJapan IREU and TeraNano Graduate IRE programs;
  • Coordination of work provided by other subcontracting institutions involved with the PIRE education programs, including the University at Buffalo, State University of New York;
  • Supervision of the work provided by the NanoJapan Representative in Japan and the International Education Program Manager;
  • Management of the assessment plan for the TeraNano PIRE education programs;

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Under the direction of Prof. Christopher Stanton, the University of Florida (UF) will contribute expertise in theory and modeling, a continuation of their research work under PIRE I. The Stanton Group will contribute research related to theoretical modeling of the electronic, optical, and transport properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene. Specifically, the Stanton group will calculate the coherent phonon spectrum for single and double-walled carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene nanoribbons, and boron nitride-doped nanotubes. In addition, they will look at coherent phonon interactions with charge and spin in these systems and investigate the possibility of observing THz from these systems. The calculations and simulations made at UF will be directly comparable to, complement, and provide theoretical support for experimental research carried out by domestic and international TeraNano PIRE participating laboratories.

Education & Outreach: UF will work closely with the TeraNano PIRE Center on applicable education & outreach efforts. UF will contribute to the development of experimental lab resources and related talks, curricula and other resources in support of TeraNano education programming. UF will also promote the NanoJapan IREU program to eligible undergraduate students on their campus and assist UF TeraNano Graduate Fellows with the preparation and submission of research proposals for participation in the TeraNano Graduate IRE program.

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The University at Buffalo, State University of New York will conduct nanofabrication and electrical transport under the direction of Prof. Jonathan Bird. Prof. Bird is also a Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology at Chiba University in Japan. Prof. Vladimir Mitin is also a member of the research team. Bird will collaborate on the fabrication of graphene devices with magnetic barriers, and on the characterization of these devices by THz magneto-spectroscopy. Mitin will work with Ryzhii (University of Aizu) and Kono (Rice University) to analyze a graphene tunneling device in which a lateral p-i-n junction is electrically induced in the graphene layer by applying gate voltages of different polarity. We expect that the ballistic transit of electrons and holes generated through interband tunneling in the i-section will lead to a negative ac conductance in the THz frequency range, which will act as a THz oscillator.

Education & Outreach: Prof. Mitsuaki Shimojo, Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, will design a technical Japanese language program that will be integrated into the NanoJapan Program and support the other educational activities. The technical Japanese component will target participants with intermediate proficiency in Japanese, with instruction using specialized vocabulary and concepts of science and engineering, and discussion of scientific issues in society. The program will include classroom instruction and online materials that will be disseminated for use by participants in this program and made available as a resource for other universities. Profs. Bird and Mitin will work closely with the TeraNano PIRE Center development of experimental lab resources and related talks, curricula and other resources in support of TeraNano education programming. UB will also promote the NanoJapan IREU program to eligible undergraduate students on their campus and assist UB TeraNano Graduate Fellows with the preparation and submission of research proposals for participation in the TeraNano Graduate IRE program.

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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC) is a TeraNano PIRE collaborating institution where tasks related to synthesis and characterization of aligned multi-walled nanotubes, graphene as well as electrical transport measurements on these materials under different gas atmospheres will be performed. Specifically, long aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes will be fabricated, innovative routes to transfer aligned bundles on various substrates will be undertaken. Detailed electrical as well as transport measurements on these structures will be preformed. Similarly, innovative routes to the realization of large-area graphene films/membranes, will be explored. Detailed electrical transport measurements of graphene devices will be performed. We will also examine the interaction of the gas-graphene binding, and the kinetics of adsorption/desorption processes on graphene materials that can potentially alter the transport process in graphene.

Education & Outreach: SIUC will work closely with the TeraNano PIRE Center on applicable education & outreach efforts. SIUC will contribute to the development of experimental lab resources and related talks, curricula and other resources in support of TeraNano education programming. SIUC will also promote the NanoJapan IREU program to eligible undergraduate students on their campus and assist SIUC TeraNano Graduate Fellows with the preparation and submission of research proposals for participation in the TeraNano Graduate IRE program.

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