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Session 1: Monday, March 1, 2021

Topic: Harnessing Electronic Phases and Phase Transitions

The Venn-diagram of semiconductor electronic phases has rich intersections with other electronic phases. For example, there exist semiconductors that are simultaneously ferroelectric, superconducting, ferromagnetic, or that can be electrically controlled to transition among these states. These electronic properties are inaccessible in elemental and binary III-V semiconductors. Material phase transitions can also occur between hybrids of electrons and phonons in strongly coupled semiconductor acousto-electric structures, or between electrons and photons in strongly coupled light-matter hybrids. A wide range of new devices can be expected to emerge in the development of semiconducting materials that harness phase transitions.

Moderators: Debdeep Jena and David Chow

Times subject to change.

Noon
Opening Remarks

12:15 pm
Keynote: The Rise of Moiré Quantum Matter
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (MIT)

12:50 pm
Q&A

1:00 pm
Keynote: Integrating Ferroelectrics with Semiconductors
Susan Trolier-McKinstry (Penn State)

1:35 pm
Q&A

1:45 pm
Break

1:55 pm

Panel discussion 1: Future Phase-transition Materials and Physics
Panelists' 20-minute recorded talks will be available to registered participants beginning February 22, for viewing prior to the event. Short summaries of their talks will be shared at the beginning of the panel discussion on March 1.

2:55 pm
Break

3:00 pm

Panel discussion 2: Future Phase-transition Devices
Panelists' 20-minute recorded talks will be available to registered participants beginning February 22, for viewing prior to the event. Short summaries of their talks will be shared at the beginning of the panel discussion on March 1.

4:00-4:30 pm
Wrap-up and discussion

 

Session 2: Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Topic: Engineering Heterogeneous Semiconductor Structures

The ability to incorporate heterogeneous materials into devices and systems provides important advantages for the creation of highly dense, complex and multi-functional devices and systems. However, there have traditionally been profound challenges at the interfaces and surfaces of component materials: discontinuities, often chemically active, but poorly controlled, that have been the source of traps and impedance mismatches. However, recent characterization techniques, atomic-level fabrication methods and accompanying simulations have provided approaches and potential solutions, providing improved performance and new applications for heterogeneous semiconductor structures.

Moderators: Evelyn Hu and April Brown

Times subject to change.

Noon
Opening Remarks

12:10 pm
Keynote: New Strategies in Nanoelectronic 3D Heterogeneous Integration
Christopher Hinkle (Notre Dame)

12:45 pm
Q&A

1:00 pm
Keynote: Abandoning Perfection for Semiconductor Technologies
David Awschalom (University of Chicago)

1:35 pm
Q&A

1:50 pm
Break

2:00 pm
Keynote: Metasurfaces as Heterogeneous Nanostructured Materials for Multifunctional Flat Optics: From Components to Cameras
Federico Capasso (Harvard)

2:35 pm
Q&A

2:50 pm
Break

2:55 pm

Panel discussion: Rethinking Heterogeneity
Panelists' 20-minute recorded talks will be available to registered participants beginning February 23, for viewing prior to the event. Short summaries of their talks will be shared at the beginning of the panel discussion on March 2.

4:00-4:30 pm
Event wrap-up and discussion

 

Session 3: Monday, March 8, 2021

Topic: Extending Device Frontiers

Material and structural innovations will have their greatest impact when coupled with analyses of device and system ramifications. This session will address unsolved problems in signal transduction and optoelectronic devices in the far infrared and ultraviolet spectral regions. New materials in this space are creating an opportunity for revolutionary device advances with applications ranging from medical devices to defense systems.

Moderators: David Chow and Debdeep Jena

Times subject to change.

Noon
Opening Remarks

12:10 pm
Keynote: Electronic Materials and Device Research for the Coming Decade
Bobby Brar (Teledyne Technologies)

12:40 pm
Q&A

12:55 pm
Keynote: Electromagnetic Spectrum Control Through Material and Device Innovations
Dev Palmer (DARPA)

1:20 pm
Q&A

1:35 pm
Break

1:45 pm

Panel discussion 1: Transduction and Reconfigurability
Panelists' 20-minute recorded talks will be available to registered participants beginning March 1, for viewing prior to the event. Short summaries of their talks will be shared at the beginning of the panel discussion on March 8.

2:50 pm
Break

2:55 pm

Panel discussion 2: Deep-UV and IR Materials and Devices
Panelists' 20-minute recorded talks will be available to registered participants beginning March 1, for viewing prior to the event. Short summaries of their talks will be shared at the beginning of the panel discussion on March 8.

4:00-4:30 pm
Event wrap-up and discussion

 

Session 4: Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Topic: Advancing Organic/Biodevices - Sensing, Stimulation, and Communication

New devices and systems for sensing, stimulation, and communication must operate under conditions significantly different from current electronics. A key challenge is, therefore, the creation of electronic and photonic systems that can be formed on flexible substrates and can operate in solution-based environments. In addition, the development of semiconductor devices specifically targeting biological applications, such as UV lasers, are critically important.

Moderators: April Brown and Evelyn Hu

Times subject to change.

Noon
Opening Remarks

12:10 pm
Keynote: Emerging Research Opportunities in Bio-Integrated Semiconductor Devices
John A. Rogers (Northwestern)

12:45 pm
Q&A

1:00 pm
Keynote: Skin-inspired Organic Electronics: New Opportunities and Seamless Interface with Biological Systems
Zhenan Bao (Stanford)

1:35 pm
Q&A

1:50 pm
Break

2:00 pm
Keynote: Building Things in Brains: Chemistry Construction Projects for Analysis and Discovery in Neural Systems
Karl Deisseroth (Stanford)

2:35 pm
Q&A

2:50 pm
Break

2:55 pm

Panel discussion: Opportunities and Challenges in Biodevices and Organic Semiconductors
Panelists' 20-minute recorded talks will be available to registered participants beginning March 2, for viewing prior to the event. Short summaries of their talks will be shared at the beginning of the panel discussion on March 9.

4:00-4:30 pm
Event wrap-up and discussion