INL Colloquium with Prof. Deji Akinwande, a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA
Prof. Deji Akinwande, a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, presented an inspiring talk at INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory.
During his talk, he presented his latest research adventures on 2D nanomaterials towards greater scientific understanding and advanced engineering applications. In particular, the discussion highlighted their work on flexible electronics, zero-power devices, single-atom monolayer memory, non-volatile R.F./5G/6G switches, and wearable tattoo sensors for mobile health. Non-volatile memory devices based on 2D materials are an application of defects and are a rapidly advancing field with rich physics that can be attributed to metal adsorption into vacancies. The memory devices can be used for neuromorphic computing and operate as switches up to 500GHz. Likewise, from a practical point, electronic tattoos based on graphene have ushered a new material platform that has highly desirable practical attributes, including optical transparency and mechanical imperceptibility and is the thinnest conductive electrode sensor that can be integrated into skin for physiological measurements, including blood pressure monitoring with Class A performance. Many of these research achievements have been published in leading journals.
Deji Akinwande is an Endowed Full Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a Fellow of the IEEE, MRS, and APS. He received his PhD degree from Stanford University in 2009. His research focuses on 2D materials and nanoelectronics/technology, pioneering device innovations from the lab towards applications. Prof. Akinwande has been honoured with the 2019 Fulbright Specialist Award, the 2017 Bessel-Humboldt Research Award, the U.S. Presidential PECASE award, the inaugural Gordon Moore Inventor Fellow award, the NSF CAREER award, and several government and private Young Investigator awards. His research achievements have been featured in Nature News, Time and Forbes magazine, BBC, Discover magazine, Wall Street Journal, and many media outlets. He is the Editor for ACS Nano and Nature NPJ 2D Materials and Applications. He was a past chair of the 2022 Gordon Research Conference on 2D materials, the 2019 Device Research Conference (DRC), and the 2018 Nano-device Committee of the IEEE IEDM Conference.