Nano Journal Club (11:30 am - 12 noon) Nano Journal Club is hosting a discussion of the article titled: (https://stats.sender.net/link_click/FRPfAVdc3N_BGeds/dfa65620596de66beb5b39ac6343e192) https://stats.sender.net/link_click/FRPfAVdc3N_BGeds/dfa65620596de66beb5b39ac6343e192 Attendees are encouraged to participate in the Nano Journal Club discussion. You can access the paper using the embedded link. Seminar (12:10 pm - 12:55 pm): Atomic Layer Deposition of 2D Dichalcogenides at Wafer Scale 2D Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials have opened a route to continue the down-scaling trend of semiconductor technology. The synthesis of conformal high quality 2D TMDs on 300 mm wafers is required to unlock the potential application of these materials in electronic devices. EMD Electronics is establishing a platform for TMD development using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The talk will be focusing on 300 mm wafer-scale ALD deposition of TMD materials at temperatures ranging from 350 to 600 °C. The proposed ALD approach contributes to the efforts in developing high-quality 2D TMD materials that offer high performance and meet the down-scaling demand. In the past 3 years, Thong and the EMD Electronics Team at San Jose have been developing an ALD 2D materials platform focusing on TMDs for high mobility channel and Cu barrier/liner applications Dr. Thong Ngo is an R&D engineer at EMD Electronics. Thong finished his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. His Ph.D. work explored functional crystalline oxides on Si and Ge for electronics using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Thong joined Intermolecular Inc., a subsidiary of EMD Electronics, in 2015 where he has been working on materials process development, characterization, and integration for memory applications. Hybrid Event This will be a Hybrid Event {In-Person & Zoom linked] Those planning to attend in person should arrive early. They will need to complete an electronic check-in before being admitted into Intermolecular. Enter the rear of the building from Orchard Parkway. You should park on the back side off of Orchard Parkway. If you will be unable to arrive in-person before the seminar starts - please plan on joining via Zoom All ticket registrants will be sent Zoom links before the event. Information will be sent to the email address entered when you register. Agenda: Agenda 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Nano Journal Club Lincoln Bourne --------------------------------------------------------------- The following paper will be discussed: "Challenges for Nanoscale CMOS Logic Based on 2D Materials" 12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Introduction; Announcements and Speaker Introduction Glenn Friedman 12:10 PM - 12:55 PM Seminar Thong Ngo 12:55 PM - 1:15 PM Q & A Intermolecular Inc, 3011 North First Street, San Jose, California, United States, 95134, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/357715

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Hybrid Meeting On-line and In Person at Quadrant Refreshments will be available at Quadrant prior to the start of the presentation. Research on curvature effects in magnetic nanostructures is attracting much interest as they offer novel alternatives to planar systems. In particular, the cylindrical geometry introduces significant singularities in the magnetic response of ferromagnetic wires just from their curvature, which primarily depends on their diameter, length, and aspect ratio. The main magnetic configurations include axial, transverse, and vortex (circular with a singularity at the axis). Micrometric-diameter amorphous wires with high magnetostriction re-magnetize through an ideal millimeter-long single domain wall propagating at kilometer-per-second speeds that results in a square hysteresis loop. Such bistable behavior and their magnetoelastic properties are the basis for various devices (e.g., stress and temperature sensors, electromagnetic shielding). On the other hand, ultrasoft non-magnetostrictive microwires are employed in very sensitive field sensors based on their giant magnetoimpedance effect or in flux-gate magnetometers. Nanowires (20 nm to 400 nm in diameter) present an outstanding behavior where the crystalline structure plays a major role in competition with shape anisotropy. Cylindrical nanowires are considered as scaffolds for advanced three-dimensional nanoarchitectures exploiting intrinsic curvature that introduces significant differences from planar-based nanotechnologies. They are proposed for novel sensor devices and magnets, and their interconnecting arrays are considered for energy devices or brain-inspired computing. An ultimate goal is currently the investigation of the magnetization reversal modes in individual nanowires by advanced techniques, e.g., X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) coupled to photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM), magnetic force microscopy (MFM), magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE), electron holography, and micromagnetic simulations. They show axial, transverse, vortex, and more complex, exotic magnetic configurations and effects (e.g., magnetization ratchets, skyrmion tubes, helical vortices). The reversal nucleates at the nanowire ends involving singularities (e.g., Bloch-point walls) and at local transition regions (e.g., modulations in diameter and compositional modulations between segments of differently designed magnetic properties, such as ferromagnetic/ferromagnetic (FM/FM) or ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic (FM/NM). Individual nanowires are currently used or proposed for biomedical applications, such as cancer treatment, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, or in composites for their antimicrobial activity. Speaker(s): Manuel Vázquez, PhD, Bldg: Quadrant, 1120 Ringwood Ct., San Jose, California, United States, 95131, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355587

Abstract: Wideband digital active electronically scanned array systems require protection at each element against RF interference to avoid saturation of components. Such protection is offered by high performance RF filters of physical dimension that fit within the elemental spacing of the array. The COmpact Front-end Filters at the ElEment-level (COFFEE) program leverages material breakthroughs to create compact RF filters of differentiating device performance. Through COFFEE, new advances in dipole engineering of piezoelectric thin films while controlling crystallinity and composition have led to acoustic resonators, a fundamental building block of filters, with record breaking coupling coefficients and quality factors at 18 GHz and 50 GHz. Moreover, simulations of new magnetostatic filter designs enabled by newly developed ferrite processing and integration show state-of-the-art tunability in the range of 2‑18 GHz and 45‑50 GHz. COFFEE’s material developments are complemented by circuit-based approaches such as N-path and evanescent cavity filters. The diverse approaches within the COFFEE program are fighting physics against physics to determine the most promising technologies for the next generation of compact, high frequency filters with low loss and high-power handling. Speaker(s): Dr. Benjamin Griffin, Agenda: 6:30 – 6:50 PM Registration & Networking 6:50 – 7 PM Announcements 7:00 – 7:45 PM Invited Talk 7:45 – 8:00 PM Questions & Answers Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355932