Roger Bonnecaze

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NASCENT’s Vision

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Nanoscale Patterning, Materials Assembly

1D and 2D Nanomaterials

Organic & Inorganic Semiconductors

Exfoliated Crystalline Materials

Heterogeneous Integration of Electronics

Advanced Microscopy and Characterization

PROMISING NANOSCIENCE

Energy-Efficient Mobile Electronics & Displays

Wearable Flexible Electronics

and Solar Cells

Nanophotonics for Plasmonics, Metamaterials

Battery and Super Capacitor

Neuromorphic Electronics

Mobile Health and Environmental Monitoring

SOCIETAL NEEDSEnabling Scalable, Cost-Effective Nanomanufacturing

Nanomanufacturing Systems

Nanomaterial Processes

Inline and Offline Metrology

Multi-Scale Modeling of Nanomanufacturing Systems/Processes

NASCENT’s vision is to create and validate a scalable and cost-effective nanomanufacturing infrastructure to enable future nanotech factories for deployment of promising nanoscience concepts to address societal needs.

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NASCENT’s MissionNASCENT’s mission is to

• Create R2R and wafer-scale nanomanufacturing systems for nanopatterning with unprecedented pattern size, shape control and overlay precision.

• Develop R2R systems for ordered synthesis and transfer of 0D,1D and 2D functional nanomaterials, and WS systems for precision exfoliation of flex-crystalline materials.

• Direct the design, optimization, and control of processes with multi-scale simulations

• Establish associated large area nano-scale metrology for yield enhancement

R2R Patterning Technology Demonstrator(Scalable System Architecture)

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NASCENT’s Mission (Cont’d)• Validate the nanomanufacturing

systems by enabling future generations of mobile computing devices with a focus on power/energy efficiency and compact/flex form factors

• Educate highly skilled and diverse leaders in nanomanufacturing imbued with the Innovator’s DNA

• Foster a culture of innovation that seeks to deploy NASCENT technologies commercially through industrial partners and start-up companies

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Flex Nanophotonics Flex Silicon Electronics

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R2R Nanomanufacturing System

Plasma/Wet Etch

Nanoshape ImprintNanomaterials Dep

NanoScale Slot Die Coating

2D Materials Transfer

Process & Functional Metrology

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Technologies

Associated Technologies

Exemplar Mobile Devices to Validate R2R Manufacturing Capability: THz Graphene Transceivers, Display Polarizers, Plasmonic OLED Cameras , Etc.

Exemplar Mobile Devices to Validate R2R Manufacturing Capability: THz Graphene Transceivers, Display Polarizers, Plasmonic OLED Cameras , Etc.

Multiscale Modeling

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Metal/Dielectric Deposition

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Bulk Crystalline Exfoliation

WS Flex Nanomanufacturing System

Ink Jet Printing of Nanomaterials Nanoshape Imprint

Plasma/Wet Etch

Process & Functional Metrology

Exemplar mobile devices to validate flex crystalline manufacturing : Flex Si electronics, Flex nanostructured PVs, low power terabit magnetic memory

Exemplar mobile devices to validate flex crystalline manufacturing : Flex Si electronics, Flex nanostructured PVs, low power terabit magnetic memory

NASCENTIn-House

Tech-nologies

Associated Associated Tech-

nologies Multiscale Modeling

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Metal/Dielectric Deposition

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Ten Year Deliverable: Create nm-Fab(Gateway to Nanotech Commercialization)

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Gateway to nanotech commercialization: Enable small, mid-size and large companies to address risk of scalability in the areas such as photonics, magnetics, electronics, and optoelectronic devices.

NASCENT nanodevice manufacturability Fab (nm-Fab):• Flex wafer scale nanomanufacturing systems• Roll-to-roll nanomanufacturing systems/processes• Above systems comprising:

─ Tools and processes─ Metrology and yield enhancement─ Multiscale process modeling and simulation

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NASCENT nm-FAB A Bridge Across the Valley of Death

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Fundamental Nanoscience Research (NSF, other federal agencies, etc.)

Level of Development

High value products sold in the US and exported globally

“Valley of Death”

Science to Scalability

Enable small and medium enterprises to overcome a critical barrier of manufacturability of new nano-scale electronic, photonic, and integrated electro-optical devices

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Recent Research HighlightsScatterometry for Nanometrology

(Brueck/Sreenivasan)

Flexible Hi-Resolution Roll for Printing (Subramanian)

Precision 2D Shape Control(Sreenivasan/Bonnecaze

Large Area 2D Nanopatterning with BCP

(Willson)

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Research Productivity Highlights• Published 100+ peer-reviewed technical

and peer-reviewed conference proceedings from NASCENT core and associated funding

• Leveraged over $1 million of associated projects funding

• Filed five (5) provisional patents/invention disclosures-two(2) being licensed

• Active collaborations with IAB members on several research projects

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NASCENT University EducationNASCENT’s University Educational Mission: Develop a cadre of highly skilled future innovators and leaders that will include strong representation from underrepresented groups.

Innovator SkillsQuestioning

Observing

Experimenting

Networking

Thinking

Ingredients for Unique NASCENT Graduates• Interdisciplinary technical depth in

nanomanufacturing through research, coursework and technical seminars

• Multidisciplinary research teams• Professional and entrepreneurial

seminars and activities• Mentorship training and practice• Internships and frequent industrial

interactions• Innovator’s DNA is being acquired

through practice

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University Education Highlights• In 2015, there are 65 graduate, 26 under-graduate

and 3 post-doctoral students in NASCENT

• Two new NASCENT related UT graduate/undergraduate courses created

- ChE 379/384 Computational design and optimization of nanomanufacturing systems/processes

- ME/EE 379/397 High Throughput Nanopatterning

• UT Nanomanufacturing Graduate Portfolio Program began September 2015

• NASCENT Nanomanufacturing Summer School (2015)

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Pre-College Education Highlights

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• Engaged 70 middle school students and over 5000 community members in outreach programs

• Provided mentored research experiences to 25 High School Young Scholars and 16 teachers since inception of NASCENT

• Implementation of NASCENT RET educational modules in the classroom (8 plus 8 more in Spring 2016)

• N-SPIRE I-Corps Learning which investigated the possible commercialization of portable nano-labs for high school and college

RET, Nancy Nixon, teaching her NASCENT lesson with 6th grade class

NASCENTYoung Scholars Zulema

Jurado & Anh Ly

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Innovation Ecosystem Highlights• Eighteen (18) industrial partners

with executed membership agreements

• Five invention disclosures; two being licensed

• Strategic partnerships with IAB– 10 research collaborations– 4 equipment partnerships – 10 student internships

• Active IAB participation in setting NASCENT Center Technology Roadmap through review of metrics and milestones

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Innovation Ecosystem Highlights (2)• NASCENT has education & research videos

and presentations available to its members – 2015 Summer School– Weekly Student Presentations– Seminar speakers

• Use NASCENT facilities and personnel as leverage to secure other resources– NSF I-Corps and I-Corps-L Teams (3)– Partner in new Flexible Hybrid Electronics - Manufacturing

Innovation Institute (FHE-MII)– Partner in DARPA ATP Program

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NASCENT Facilities• NASCENT Center headquarters at UT

Microelectronics and Engineering Building– 2,400 sq.ft. (office); 1,600 sq. ft. (clean

room)– Additional 3,400 sq.ft. of clean room

space under construction– Microelectronics Research Center – TMI/CNM– Texas Advanced Computing Center

• University of New Mexico– Center for High Technology Materials

• UC Berkeley– Flexible and organic electronics labs

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New NASCENT Cleanroom

Space

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• Additional 3,400 sq. ft. for a total of 5,000 sq. ft. at UT Austin

• $3.8M renovation completed in Spring 2015

• Resources available to build R2R etcher and deposition tools with industrial partners

Planned Use of Cleanroom Space

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Questions?

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3-Plane Chart with Barriers

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