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Marcus Lay
mlay@chem.uga.edu
Chemistry
phone:
706-542-19852
address:
1001 Cedar St
Athens, GA 30602-
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The Lay research group is largely concerned with the development of novel nano-scale electronic and photonic materials. Such low-dimensional systems have applications in organic/inorganic electronics, sensing and bio-nanotechnology. One focus is the use of aligned liquid-deposited carbon nanotubes, and 2-dimensional networks of carbon nanotubes for electronic devices. These networks are compatible with a wide variety of substrates and show promise in applications such as flexible and transparent electronic devices and chemical sensors.
Though engineers continue to shrink the dimensions of silicon-based transistors, there is an ultimate limit to how small such devices can get. Aligned carbon nanotubes, and 2-dimensional networks of carbon nanotubes show promise as a new type of electronic switch capable of replacing those in electronic devices like computers and digital cameras. Additionally, as they are deposited at room temperature, they can be formed on heat-sensitive substrates like glass and plastics. Therefore, this work is expected to have wide reaching implications in device fabrication.
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