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Munushian Seminar

Speaker: Stephen Chou, Princeton University

Talk Title: “Nanostructure Engineering -- A Unique Path to Discovery and Innovation"

Abstract: New advances in engineering nanostructures open up a unique path to discovery and innovation as well as commercialization. This is because (a) as nanostructures become smaller than a fundamental physical length scale, conventional theory may no longer apply, leading to new phenomena, new knowledge, and revolutionary products in a broad range of disciplines; and (b) new high-throughput and low-cost nanomanufacturing methods will not only accelerate R&D, but also are essential to turn inventions in laboratories into commercial products.
The presentation will give some examples of the author’s research; particularly, (i) nanodevices (e.g. nano-transistors, new magnetic data storage paradigm (bit-patterned media), new high-efficiency solar cells and LEDs enhanced by nanoplasmonics, and (ii) path-changing high-throughput manufacturing methods (e.g. nanoimprint and self-perfection by liquefaction (SPEL)).

Biography: Stephen Y. Chou, Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering, head of NanoStructure Laboratory at Princeton University, PhD from MIT (1986), a member of US National Academy of Engineering, and a recipient of other 30 awards. Dr. Chou is recognized as a world leader, pioneer and inventor in a broad range of nanotechnologies. His work and inventions over 30 years have shaped new paths and opened up new fields in nanofabrication, nanoscale devices and materials (electrical, optical, magnetic, biological), and have significantly impacted both academia and industry.
Dr. Chou’s most well-known invention is nanoimprint (a paradigm-shift method for nanofabrication, which has become a large industry and a key corner-stone in today’s nanomanufacturing in many industries). His other inventions include new nanotransistors/memories, patterned medium (a new paradigm for data storage), new subwavelength optical elemen

Host: EE-Electrophysics

More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/munushian/

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/munushian/