Electronic and Photonic Materials

The Electronic and Photonic Materials program supports foundational materials science research to advance the field of electronics and photonics. The program's focus areas include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced materials and their integration that enables advanced electronics, optoelectronics and photonics, to offer new paradigms in computing, communications, electronics and sensing.

• Identifying and understanding phenomena and fundamental mechanisms associated with growth and processing of electronic and photonic materials at atomic and molecular levels.

• Research to advance materials discovery that integrates experiment with modeling or theory, including AI tools such as machine learning.

• Studies of materials in their intended application as well as projects that include the development of new experimental techniques.

Electronic and Photonic Materials projects address important societal needs such as:

• Energy efficient electronics

• Quantum information science and engineering

• Critical electronic or photonic materials

• Organic and organic/inorganic hybrids

• Low-dimensional materials and heterostructures

• Narrow and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors

• Metamaterials and plasmonics

• Semimetals, topological insulators, spintronic and other properties for quantum electronics

• Materials exhibiting novel phenomena such as chirality and ferroelectricity

The program also supports research into novel computing technologies and electronic materials. Research topics supported by the program may involve:

• Self-assembly and nanopatterning

• Interface-related phenomena and properties

• Defect and doping control

• Relations between synthesis or processing, structure, and electronic/photonic properties

The program participates in joint review of proposals with aspects that involve multiple programs.