Atomic scale manipulation for better electronic devices

Project Level: PhD, Honours, Masters, Winter/Summer

Scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy can be used to manipulate and build nanoscale structures atom by atom. In this project, students will use a new low-temperature STM/AFM installed in Jacobson's laboratory to image and manipulate single atoms and molecules. Potential targets include light-emitting molecules as single-photon emitters for quantum computation or improved OLEDs and magnetic materials for data storage.

The student will gain experience with ultrahigh vacuum equipment, cryogenics, electron diffraction, and low temperature instrumentation.