Low-Dimensional Materials for Electronics, Photonics, Energy, and Sensors
This project focuses on developing methods to fabricate, characterize, and model low-dimensional materials for nanoscale electronics, photonics, energy, and sensors.
This grant is no longer accepting proposals
NRC Research Associateship Programs has archived this opportunity.
Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 (NIST February Review) | May 1, 2025 (NIST RAP Opportunity) | August 1, 2025 (NIST August Review)
Funding Amounts: Base stipend approximately $82,764 per year with $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration 2 years.
Summary: Fellowship supporting postdoctoral research on fabrication, characterization, and modeling of low-dimensional materials for nanoscale electronics, photonics, energy, and sensor applications at NIST.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens holding a doctoral degree; requires contacting a NIST research adviser prior to application; competitive review process with panel evaluation.
Description
This fellowship opportunity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focuses on research involving low-dimensional electronic materials such as few-atom-thick 2D semiconductors, topological insulators, and superconductors. These materials are promising for advanced nanoscale devices including beyond-CMOS electronics, quantum computing, chemical sensors, and photodetectors.
The research aims to develop metrology for synthesis, processing, and characterization of these materials to enable reliable device development and manufacturing. Facilities include chemical vapor transport and directional solidification reactors for scalable fabrication of transition metal dichalcogenides and other layered van-der-Waals materials. The program also supports post-growth device assembly, nanoscale structural/electrical/optical measurements, and multiscale multiphysics modeling.
Research topics of interest include fabrication and scalable assembly of low-dimensional structures with controlled properties into functional devices, and methods to correlate their structural, compositional, electrical, and optical properties. Applications span flexible/transparent electronics, beyond-CMOS logic and memory, quantum computing, and sensors.
Excellent collaborative opportunities exist with NIST staff and other federal laboratories.
