News Archive
ANNLab news from 2022 to 2024, listed from newest to oldest. Current news is on the News page.
2024
December 2024
Our lab was awarded a user program grant by the Molecular Foundry (opens in a new tab), a DOE user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (opens in a new tab), providing no-fee facility access through November 2026. The project develops atomic layer deposition techniques on graphene nanoribbons for doping and performance enhancement, with Dr. Adam Schwartzberg as host scientist.
October 2024
Our team, with Prof. Zafer Mutlu as lead investigator, received a grant from the Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub (opens in a new tab), an ASU-led Microelectronics Commons hub funded by the Department of Defense through the CHIPS and Science Act. The project, renewed for 2025–2026, develops AR/VR modules for cleanroom education with Prof. Mehmet Belviranli (Colorado School of Mines) and Prof. Brian Kim (University of Arizona).
October 2024
Howard Yawit and Muhammed Yusufoglu presented their research on topological acoustic wave RF devices and atomically precise graphene nanoribbon transistors, respectively, at the MSE (opens in a new tab) Graduate Student Seminar at the University of Arizona.
September 2024
Our lab presented its latest results at the second Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) LMD Annual Review, held September 24–27, 2024, at Intel (opens in a new tab)’s Gordon Moore Park campus in Hillsboro, Oregon. Thanks to Intel’s Novel Devices and Memory Research team for meeting with us to discuss the future of semiconductors and new opportunities.
September 2024
Shelby Janssen, an undergraduate researcher in Materials Science and Engineering, presented her research on the long-term stability of graphene nanoribbon transistors at the SRC TECHCON 2024 (opens in a new tab) Conference in Austin, Texas.
August 2024
Prof. Zafer Mutlu was selected as a Craig M. Berge Faculty Fellow (opens in a new tab) by the University of Arizona College of Engineering, in recognition of his contributions to research, education, and innovation.
August 2024
Muhammed Yusufoglu and Howard Yawit presented our work on the stability of graphene nanoribbon transistors and on topological acoustic wave devices, respectively, at the Molecular Foundry Annual User Meeting (opens in a new tab) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in the session “Next-Generation Quantum Materials for Quantum Computing, Sensing, and Microelectronic Devices.”
August 2024
During their trip to Berkeley, Muhammed Yusufoglu, Howard Yawit, and Dr. Kentaro Yumigeta visited the research group of Prof. Michael Crommie (opens in a new tab) at UC Berkeley. Prof. Crommie, a long-standing collaborator, hosted the team for discussions and lab engagement.
June 2024
Muhammed Yusufoglu, Dr. Kentaro Yumigeta, Howard Yawit, and Richard Holloway represented our lab at TechConnect World 2024 (opens in a new tab) in Washington, D.C., with travel support from the Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing (opens in a new tab).
June 2024
Christina Dinh was featured in a sponsored Harvard Business Review (opens in a new tab) article on how the University of Arizona and other state universities are addressing the semiconductor workforce gap.
May 2024
Prof. Zafer Mutlu received the Excellence at the Student Interface Award (Most Supportive Junior Faculty) from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (opens in a new tab). He thanks the students who voted, and the department and College of Engineering (opens in a new tab), for this meaningful recognition.
May 2024
Thomas Sweepe joined TSMC (opens in a new tab)’s new fabrication facility in Phoenix as a summer intern. He is the first student from our lab to take part in a TSMC internship.
May 2024
Shelby Janssen and Franco Daluisio were selected by Intel (opens in a new tab) as Intel URP Scholars under the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Undergraduate Research Program (URP (opens in a new tab)), recognizing their strong research potential in semiconductors.
May 2024
Muhammed Yusufoglu, our lab’s first Ph.D. student, received the Brian Joseph Coppa Graduate Student Endowment Award for his contributions to semiconductors and microelectronics. Thanks to the College of Engineering (opens in a new tab) and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (opens in a new tab).
May 2024
Christian Copic graduated with a master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since joining our lab in January 2023, he contributed to projects on the semiconducting properties of chalcopyrite and the electronic behavior of graphene nanoribbon transistors. Christian joined Microsoft (opens in a new tab) as a Silicon Engineer.
May 2024
Christina Dinh, the first student to join our lab, successfully defended her master’s thesis, “Contact Engineering and Reliability of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors.” (opens in a new tab) After making significant contributions to our lab’s research, she joined NXP Semiconductors (opens in a new tab).
April 2024
Julian Battaglia won first place at the UA/ASU Materials Bowl (opens in a new tab) senior design competition, reclaiming the territorial trophy for the University of Arizona. His project improved the reliability of graphene nanoribbon transistors through encapsulation by atomic layer deposition.
April 2024
Prof. Zafer Mutlu received courtesy appointments as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics (opens in a new tab) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (opens in a new tab) (now the School of Electrical, Computing, and Software Engineering) at the University of Arizona.
March 2024
Prof. Zafer Mutlu delivered an invited seminar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (opens in a new tab) at the University of Texas at Dallas.
February 2024
Christina Dinh and Muhammed Yusufoglu won second and third place, respectively, for their posters on graphene nanoribbon transistors at the FUSENANO 2024 (opens in a new tab) Workshop. Winners were chosen by the votes of workshop participants from industry and academia.
February 2024
Prof. Zafer Mutlu served as general chair of the FUSENANO 2024 (opens in a new tab) Workshop, “Molecules to Systems: The Future of Semiconductors with 1D & 2D Nanomaterials,” in Tucson. More than 25 invited speakers and panelists and about 150 participants discussed the future of semiconductors. University of Arizona News covered the event (opens in a new tab).
February 2024
Our lab fabricated its first surface acoustic wave (SAW) delay line, with two interdigital transducers patterned on a piezoelectric substrate, at the Optical Sciences Micro/Nano Fabrication Cleanroom (opens in a new tab). Thanks to Howard Yawit for his contributions.
January 2024
Prof. Zafer Mutlu was selected as a 2024 Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing (opens in a new tab) Fellow (CSM Fellow ’24 (opens in a new tab)), contributing to semiconductor research, education, and workforce development at the University of Arizona.
2023
December 2023
Our article “Contact Engineering for Graphene Nanoribbon Devices” was selected as a Featured Article by Applied Physics Reviews and highlighted on the journal’s website (opens in a new tab).
December 2023
Prof. Zafer Mutlu received the George H. Davis Travel Fellowship (opens in a new tab), established in 2009 by the University of Arizona Foundation to support travel to national and international conferences.
November 2023
Christina Dinh was featured in a University of Arizona News article (opens in a new tab) on a $35.5 million award to the College of Engineering to expand its cleanroom, then called the Micro/Nano Fabrication Center and now the NanoFabrication Core Facility (opens in a new tab).
November 2023
Prof. Zafer Mutlu gave an invited talk and chaired a session at the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit (opens in a new tab) in Boston, Massachusetts.
October 2023
Prof. Zafer Mutlu gave an invited talk on graphene nanoribbon transistors to the Advanced Device Research group at Intel Corporation, Components Research (opens in a new tab).
October 2023
Four lab members and Prof. Zafer Mutlu presented recent results at the first Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) LMD Annual Review in Albany, New York, and toured the Albany NanoTech Complex, including ASML’s EUV lithography tool (opens in a new tab).
October 2023
Prof. Zafer Mutlu gave an invited seminar (opens in a new tab) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona on October 17, 2023, titled “Graphene Nanoribbon-Based Field-Effect Transistors for High-Performance Logic Technology.”
September 2023
Prof. Zafer Mutlu joined the newly established $30 million NSF Science and Technology Center for New Frontiers of Sound (NewFoS) (opens in a new tab) as senior personnel. Our lab’s part of the center develops and characterizes topological acoustic wave devices using high-throughput nano- and micro-fabrication for RF and sensing technologies.
September 2023
Prof. Zafer Mutlu gave an invited colloquium (opens in a new tab) on graphene nanoribbon transistors in the Department of Physics at the University of Arizona.
September 2023
Christina Dinh presented our research on contact engineering of graphene nanoribbon transistors at the SRC TECHCON 2023 (opens in a new tab) Conference in Austin, Texas.
August 2023
Our team, with Prof. Zafer Mutlu as co-investigator, received a research grant from Freeport-McMoRan (opens in a new tab) for the project “Connecting the Leachability of Chalcopyrite to its Mineral Characteristics,” which aims to improve copper extraction by better understanding mineral behavior.
May 2023
Our team, with Prof. Zafer Mutlu as lead investigator, received an NSF Future of Semiconductors (FuSe) award (opens in a new tab) for the project “FuSe-TG: Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbon-Based Transistors: Materials, Devices, Circuits, and Systems,” his first NSF-funded project at the University of Arizona.
May 2023
Our lab fabricated its first nanoFET devices, with channel lengths as small as 30 nm, at the Optical Sciences Micro/Nano Fabrication Cleanroom (opens in a new tab) and the NanoFabrication Core Facility (opens in a new tab). Christina Dinh and Thomas Sweepe contributed significantly to this milestone.
April 2023
Christina Dinh was named the Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s Outstanding Graduating Senior (opens in a new tab) for spring 2023, honored at the College of Engineering ceremony in recognition of her academic excellence and research contributions.
January 2023
Prof. Zafer Mutlu, as lead investigator, received his first research grant at the University of Arizona from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) (opens in a new tab) for the project “Smarter Nanoelectronics with Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons.”
January 2023
Christina Dinh, a Materials Science and Engineering student at the University of Arizona, joined our lab as its first student. Welcome, Christina.
2022
August 2022
Prof. Zafer Mutlu joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor. Read the College of Engineering’s official announcement (opens in a new tab).
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