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2009 Researchers
New devices using fullerene / III-V compound semiconductor heterostructures
Research Site Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University | |
Fullerene C60 molecules crystallize into a fcc structure on crystalline substrates. However, C60 crystals are very fragile and chemically unstable due to the weak binding energy, and applying C60 crystals to practical devices is very difficult. The motivation of this research is to grow C60 / III-V compound semiconductors heterostructures by using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) which is the most used technique for the analysis of epitaxial growth process. We have concentrated on the study of characteristics of C60 epitaxial growth and the development of new devices using C60 molecules such as solar cells and memory devices.