Center for 3D Ferroelectric Microelectronics (3DFeM)
Director
Susan Trolier-McKinstry
Lead Institution
Pennsylvania State University
Class
2020-2024
Mission
To exploit the 3rd dimension in microelectronics for functions beyond interconnects by incorporating non-volatile ferroelectric memory densely interconnected with logic to create low-power, 3D non-von Neumann computation.
Research Topics
defects, charge transport, neuromorphic science, microelectronics, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (scalable processing)
Systems Studied
Systems: polymer, ceramic
Interfaces: None
Nanostructured: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, ultrafast science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT)
Partner Institutions
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Sandia National Laboratories
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Virginia
