Nano Engineering and Materials (NEMs) Research Group

Title:

Hybrid Activated Carbon-Nanofiltration Membrane for the Removal of Anthropogenic Chemicals In Surface Water Of Sabah, Malaysia

Project Leader:

Dr. Nurmin Bolong

Researcher(s):

Dr. Ismail Saad, Dr. Harun Abdullah, Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Dr. Mohd Razman Salim

Funding:

RM45,000.00

Date of Approval:

Dis  2012

Status:

In progress (Dis 2014)

Objective:

1. To formulate and fabricate hollow fiber membrane for EDCs removal

2. To study the characteristics of the fabricated hollow membrane in terms of its physico-chemical properties

3. To examine the removal mechanisms of selected anthropogenic compounds by the fabricated hollow fiber charge-membranes

4. To set-up the removal testing-rig system using nanofiltration membrane reactor activated carbon hybrid

Title:

Potential Production of a Transparent p-CuGaO2/ n-ZnO Heterojunction Thin Film Diodes

Project Leader:

Dr. Afishah Alias

Researcher(s):

Dr. Saafie Salleh, Dr. Ismail Saad, Dr. Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Mrs. Saturi Baco

Funding:

RM50,000.00

Date of Approval:

Jul  2012

Status:

In progress (Jun 2014)

Objective:

Title:

Ballistic Transport In Organic Semiconductor Device: Modeling And Characterization

Project Leader:

Dr. Khairul Anuar Mohamad

Researcher(s):

Dr. Ismail Saad, Dr. Bablu K. Ghosh, Dr. Afishah Alias, Dr. Nurmin Bolong

Funding:

RM 83,800.00

Date of Approval:

June  2012

Status:

In progress (May 2014)

Objective:

1. To derive and compute the carrier statistics, velocity and transport equation of organic semiconductor devices as accordance to ballistics carrier transport theory of nanoscale transistor

2. To derive and analyse the physics-based current models of ballistic transport of organic semiconductor devices for output and transfer characteristics

3. To calibrate and validate the developed models by comparing the modeling data with the available experimental data of fabricated organic semiconductor devices and the simulation data using TCAD tools

Title:

MODELING OF ENHANCED  ULTRAVIOLET (UV) BAND DETECTOR  USING ELECTROSTATIC FIELD EFFECT (ESF)

Project Leader:

Dr. Bablu K. Ghosh

Researcher(s):

Dr. Ismail Saad, Dr. Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Dr. Nurmin Bolong

Funding:

RM 51,000.00

Date of Approval:

July  2012

Status:

In progress (June 2014)

Objective:

1. To formulate the spectral responsivity of UV detector modeled for suitable application in environmental UV analysis purposes.

2. To analyze the effect of detector depletion width  on variation of photon absorption as well as variation of  the spectral response  on depletion capacitance effect  for reverse applied voltage.

3. To model  the transition time and its variation with variation of reverse potential and insertion ofaddition P layer in N region effect of detector sensitivity. As an UV detector, also analyze the effect of incident optical band on response for such variations in the detector structure.

Title:

Design of Integrated Nanodevice Vertical Strained Impact-Ionization MOSFET (VESIMOS) for Nanoelectronics Application

Project Leader:

Dr. Ismail Saad

Researcher(s):

Dr. Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Dr. Nurmin Bolong, Prof. Dr. Razali Ismail (UTM), Prof. Dr. Uda Hashim (UniMap)

Funding:

RM 327,500.00

Date of Approval:

April  2012

Status:

In progress (March 2014)

Objective:

1. To  design and simulate a vertical strained impact ionization MOSFET (VESIMOS) nanodevice structure  with CMOS compatibility processes for gate length of 50nm and below.

2. To characterize and analyse the electrical performance of VESIMOS for both conventional and vertical MOSFET’s structure in nanoscale regime.

3. To optimize the design nanodevice structure of VESIMOS in trade-off for enhancing its electrical performance and suppression of parasitic elements.

4. To fabricate and characterize the enhanced performance of lateral VESIMOS in the real clean-room facilities.

Title:

Design and Simulation of Top-Contact Structure Organic Thin-Film Transistor (OTFT) for Nanoelectronics Application 

Project Leader:

Dr. Khairul Anuar Mohamad

Researcher(s):

Dr. Ismail Saad, Dr. Afishah Alias, Mr. Kenneth Teo

Funding:

RM 8,000.00

Date of Approval:

February 2012

Status:

In progress (January 2014)

Objective:

1. To design and simulate on a top-contact structure organic thin-film transistor for the gate length of 10 μm and below.

2. To characterize and analyse the electrical performance of a top-contact structure organic thin-film transistor using a finite element 2 dimensional device level simulation and an an analytical model using standard transistor equations

3. To compare and analyze the simulation data with the available experimental results of the fabricated organic devices.

Title:

OPERATION PERFORMANCE STUDY OF MOBILE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE WATERT TREATMENT SYSTEM

Project Leader:

Dr. Nurmin Bolong

Researcher(s):

Dr. Ismail Saad, Dr. Abu Zahrim Yaser, Pn. Janice

Funding:

RM 20,000.00

Date of Approval:

April 2012

Status:

In progress (March 2014)

Objective:

1. To study the operational and characteristic of the a hollow fiber membrane mobile water treatment design in relation to the feed nature and hydrodynamic environment.

2. To evaluate the mobile water treatment hollow fiber membrane water quality and separation performance (pure water permeability, solute rejection, molecular weight cutoff).

3. To evaluate the influence of operating paramaters of the the mobile water treatment system (feed, permeate flux, recovery, retention transmembrane pressure and fouling phenomena) to the water quality and treatment efficiency.

Title:

Emerging Nanoelectronics Device Design Exploration Incorporating Vertical Impact-Ionization MOSFET and Strained (SiGe) Technology

Project Leader:

Dr. Ismail Saad

Researcher(s):

Dr. Nurmin Bolong, Dr. Bablu K Ghosh, PM Dr. Yang Soo Siang, Mr. Kenneth Teo Tze Kin

Funding:

RM 103,000

Date of Approval:

August 2011

Status:

Completed (July 2013 )

Objective:

1. To assess the design and simulation feasibility of incorporating vertical impact ionization MOSFET with strained SiGe epitaxy layer.

2. To analyze the physical and electrical characteristics of the designed device in obtaining lower threshold voltages at lower power supply voltages.

3. To investigate the device performance by varying Ge content, SiGe layer thickness and source-drain doping concentrations for an improved device design.

Title:

Nano-Ballistic Saturation Velocity Modeling to Enhance Circuit Performances of Nano-MOSFET

Project Leader:

Dr. Ismail Saad

Researcher(s):

Prof. Dr. Vijay. K. Arora, Dr. Nurmin Bolong, PM Dr. Yang Soo Siang

Funding:

RM 39,000

Date of Approval:

October 2010

Status:

Completed (September 2012 )

Objective:

1. To formulate  the fundamental carrier statistics, velocity and transport equations of ballistic nano-MOSFET paradigm.

2.  To analyse the effects of nano-ballistic velocity saturation model for non-degenerate and degenerate carrier statistics.

3. To investigate the nano-ballistic velocity saturation model performance using PSPICE circuit simulation.