Quantum Device Modelling

Overview of Research Topics

Quantum Engineering of Advanced Materials and Devices: Nanoscale Electronic Devices, Transistors, Sensors and Applications, Theoretical and Computational Physical Sciences; Electrical, Vibrational, Magnetic and Thermal Properties of Nanoscale Devices; Semiconductor Physics

• Nanoscale material modelling and discovery i.e. Quantum, phonon and spin transport; Environmental effects on transport e.g. biological interaction, chemical stimulus, electrochemical gating, photo effect, temperature gradient, electric and magnetic field effect

• Molecular electronics i.e. Quantum and phonon interference; Energy harvesting e.g. Thermoelectricity and Piezoelectricity; Biological sensing; Transistors; Spintronic; Optoelectronics; Molecular electronic building blocks i.e. switches, transistors and rectifiers

• One and two dimensional materials i.e. Van-der Waals heterostructures; Graphene electrodes and nanojunctions; Carbon Nanotube; Molecular graphene nanoribbons

• Multiscale modelling i.e. Density functional theory; Computational quantum chemistry; Tight-binding modelling; Molecular dynamics; Quantum transport

• GOLLUM: We co-develop the next generation uantum transport simulation tool: GOLLUM