May 2020
Closed for Covid-19.
Please read University Coronavirus Guidelines for further information.
Computational Nanotechnology Lab
Our group
Dr Neophytos Neophytou (Supervisor)
Dhritiman Chakraborty (PhD student)
Partnerships and Collaborations
Projects
Current Projects:
FET open project (UncorrelaTed): ‘Solid-liquid thermoelectric systems with uncorrelated properties’
Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship (GENESIS): ‘Generic transport simulator for new generation thermoelectric materials’
ERC Starting Grant (NANOthermMA): ‘Advanced Simulator Design of Nanostructured Thermoelectric (TE) Materials with Enhanced Power Factors’
Research interests
Theory and Computational Modeling of Nanomaterials and Devices:
- Electronic transport at the nanoscale
- Phononic transport at the nanoscale
- Thermoelectric materials
- Nanotransistors and electronic devices
- Large scale simulator development
- Energy conversion and generation
News
April 2020
Closed for Covid-19.
Please read University Coronavirus Guidelines for further information.
March 2020
Closed for Covid-19.
Please read University Coronavirus Guidelines for further information.
Presentations scheduled for APS by Patrizio and Phytos cancelled over Covid-19.
Presentations by Patrizio and Phytos scheduled at Denver, Colorado.
Journal Publications
Li et al., Phys. Rev. B, 104 (19), 195201 (2020). [pdf][link to PRB][arXiv]
Chakraborty et al., Comp. Mater. Sci., 180, 109712 (2020). [pdf] [link to Comp. Mat. Sci]
Neophytou et al., Mater. Today Phys., 11, 100159, (2019). [pdf][arXiv][link to MTPHYS]
Chakraborty et al., J. Appl. Phys., 126, 184303 (2019). [pdf][JAP][arXiv]
Graziosi et al., J. Appl. Phys., 126, 155701 (2019).[pdf][JAP][arXiv]
Oliveira et al., IEEE Trans. on Nanotech., 18, 896-903, (2019). [link to IEEE][arXiv]
Vargiamidis et al., J. Appl. Phys., 126, 055105 (2019). [pdf][link to JAP][arXiv]
Oliveira et al., Phys. Rev. B, 100, 035409 (2019). [pdf ][link to PRB][arXiv]
Kumarasinghe et al., Phys. Rev. B, 99, 195202 (2019). [pdf][link to PRB][arXiv]
Foster et al., Comp. Mater. Sci., 164, 91-98, (2019). [pdf][link to Comp. Mat. Sci.][arXiv]
Chakraborty et al., J. Electronic. Mater., 48 (4), 1909-1916, (2019). [pdf][link to JEM][arXiv]
Teaching
Semiconductors materials and devices module.
Analogue electronics and amplification design.
Electronics and circuits lab.
Group Software
– 2D NEGF with electron-phonon scattering
– Phonon Monte Carlo
– Electronic Monte Carlo (1D)
– HEMT device simulator (NEGF)
– Nanowire simulator (Tight-Binding + self-consistency)
– Tight-binding electronic structure for semiconductors