Short Course

The IUMRS-ICEM 2010 Short Courses will be held on Sunday, August 22^nd and Wednesday, 25^th, 2010.

Engineers, scientist and students who wish to append their education in electronic materials-engineering are ideal candidates for these short courses.

Both courses are 3.0 hours in length.

There is a participant limit for each course, so be sure to register early for your desired courses. All short course materials will be distributed at the beginning of each courses session upon presentation of your ticket.

Schedule

Sunday, August 22 (13:00 ~ 16:00)

— Course A

— Course B

Wednesday, August 25 (13:00 ~ 16:00)

— Course A

— Course B

Short course registration

	Advance Registration by July 20	On-site Registration
Regular	KRW 150,000 or USD 150 for each course	KRW 180,000 or USD 180 for each course
Student	KRW 100,000 or USD 100 for each course	KRW 120,000 or USD 120 for each course

Course Details

Course A

Title

Mechanics meets Electronics in nanoscale: Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and application of the method for Electronic Materials

Instructor

Professor Roman Nowak (Nordic Hysitron Laboratory Faculty of Chemistry & Materials Sciences, Aalto University, Finland)

Audience

The course is designed for graduate students, engineers and scientists in electronic industry. However, the instructor contend that the researcher or students from other fields of science and technology may also find this specific presentation profitable and enjoyable as well.The lecture will stress concepts rather than mathematical formalism which should made presentation relatively easy to understand. The selection of topics is restricted to material which is considered to be essential. The modern electron theory of solids is relatively involved. The essential quantum mechanical comcepts are introduced only to the extent to which they are needed for the understanding of materials science. In this way the gap between physics and engineering was tried to be bridged. The insights we have gained through “the mystery of current spike” enhance understanding of the link between nanoscale deformation and electrical behavior, and ultimately lead to advances in pressure-sensing, pressure-switching, and unique phase-change applications in future electronics.

Course Description

3 hrs lecture

1. Mystery of the electrical Current-Spike linked to nanoplasticity.
   1. Where mechanics and electronics bring to the same could possible bring to single point?
   2. Conventional approach to nanoindentation experiments.
   3. From Metals and Ceramics to Electronic Materials and MEMS structures.
   4. Consequences of the phase transformation-governed plasticity and novel electric spike effect.
2. Application of highly localized pressure for testing and fabrication of new electronic (nanostructured materials)

Learning Outcomes

This “Short Course” will introduce the general idea that in nanoscale all the physical properties

Instructor Biography

Roman Nowak is presently professor at the Aalto University, Finland, where he runs the joined USA-Finnish enterprise the Nordic Hysitron Laboratory. The Nordic Hysitron Laboratory (NHL) is the international scientific team active in physics and mechanics of nanomaterials and from this angle contributes the design of new unexplored nanostructures. The strength of NHL comes from its essential combination of the expertise in nanomechanical testing with Molecular Dynamics simulations and ab initio quantum calculations. This international team is run in Japanese style since RN spent 13 years in Japan acting as Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Nagoya Institute of Technology, and subsequently, in Advanced Mechanics at Hiroshima University. Prof. Nowak was active for many years in various areas that belong to Applied Physics, Materials Science, Nano-Science and Nanotechnology including Surface Engineering. He always performed research that bends towards nano-physics and advanced, optoelectronics-oriented technologies. Both the NHL’s efficiency and effectiveness are demonstrated by the recent Nature Nanotechnology publication which forms the bottom line of this “short course”, which was only made possible by virtue of the synergistic combination of expertise in atomistic calculations together with sophisticated nano-experimentation (in-situ electrical measurements and nanoindentation) and a proficiency in the development of advanced semiconductors. Roman Nowak was working also in Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart and various research institutions in Japan.

Course B

Title

Oxide Nanoelectronics

Instructor

Professor Jeremy Levy (University of Pittsburgh)

Audience

For graduate students, engineers and scientists in electronic industry

Course Description

3 hrs lecture

1. Overview of major research areas in oxide nanoelectronics
   1. Nanoscale electronic and ionic transport
   2. Novel heterostructures, especially 2DEG systems
   3. Oxide-semiconductor heterostructures (esp. SrTiO₃/Si)
   4. Bistability, resistance and capacitance modulation
2. Nanoelectronics at the LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interface
   1. Physical and electronic structure
   2. Nanoscale control of metal-insulator transition
   3. Superconductivity, spin-orbit interactions and magnetism at oxide interfaces
   4. Novel device concepts (e.g., memory and logic)
3. Live demonstration of nanoscale writing and erasing at LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interfaces

Learning Outcomes

Attendees will leave with a working overview of cutting-edge research directions in the growing field of oxide nanoelectronics. They will understand the key properties that motivate research in oxide nanoelectronics, and will learn what are the greatest challenges and potential roadblocks for commercial application. In the last part of the tutorial, a live demonstration showing how to write and erase sub-10 nm oxide nanostructures at the LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interface will take place.

Instructor Biography

Professor Levy is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his bachelor’s degree at Harvard University and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has worked in the field of oxide nanoelectronics for fifteen years, and has interests in quantum computation and spintronics. Professor Levy has received the Nano50 Innovator Award in 2008 his discovery of nanoelectronic patterning at the LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interface. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and has received the highest-level teaching and research awards at the University of Pittsburgh.