Methods

Technology Resource Center “Nanofabrication of Photoactive Materials (Nanophotonics)” objectives are fabrication and testing of functional nanocomposite materials and elements for:

  • Optical and quantum supercomputers
  • Nano-electronics and micromechanics
  • Solar energy conversion and heterogeneous photocatalysis
  • Photoactive nano-coatings and chemical sensors

 

Basic set of technological and express-analytic Resource Center equipment includes:

  • Technological and express-analytical systems to fabricate 3D/2D nano-structured media
  • Technological and express-analytical systems to fabricate 3D/2D, 1D, 0D structures by means of 3D/2D nano-fragmentation
  • Test benches for laser spectroscopy characterization of optical and magneto-optical receptivity of photonic and photo-spintronic nanostructures
  • Test bench for modeling of logic and memory elements for optic supercomputer
  • Technological and express-analytical systems to develop and to fabricate nano-structured media for solar energy conversion and heterogeneous photocatalysis
  • Technological and express-analytical systems to develop and to fabricate photoactive nano-coatings and chemical sensors

 

Basic technologies of Resource Center are:

  • Molecular beam Epitaxy
  • Technology of fabrication of nanocomposite materials by ion beam sputtering and plasma-induced dispersion
  • Technology of molecular layer deposition
  • Lateral fragmentation of quantum-well structures by focused ion beam
  • Creation and characterization of DBR/TIR waveguides
  • Nanolithography
  • Nanoinprinting
  • Technology of thermochemical and microwave synthesis of dispersed nanocomposite materials
  • Sol-gel technologies of nanocomposite coating formation (dip-coating, spin-coating, spray-coating)
  • Technology of (photo)electrochemical synthesis and modification of nanocomposite materials

 

Basic technologies in RC are aimed toward fabrication of nanocomposite 3D/2D,1D,0D hetero-structures of photoactive materials for information processing and light energy conversion systems.