The UWBG laboratory at Texas State University offers different state-of-the-art semiconductor fabrication, processing, and characterization facilities. Members of this interdisciplinary research team study novel low-cost and fast transformative approaches for the synthesis and processing of carbon, III-Nitride, and oxide-based ultrawide bandgap (UWBG) nano/micro-structures and thin films that are needed for next-generation high-power devices for smart grids, electric vehicles, space electronics, cutting tools, quantum electronics, and biomarkers. The disordered carbon is converted into different useful structures of diamond or Q-carbon (a new form of carbon) at ambient temperatures and pressures in the air. From the viewpoint of functional properties, the Q-carbon manifests room-temperature ferromagnetism, extraordinary Hall effect, high electron field emission, and electrochromic characteristics. Ultrahard and superhard diamond, Q-carbon, and DLC can be fabricated on different surfaces for many industrial applications, including but not limited to abrasives, polishing and cutting tools, disc brakes, and wear-resistant and protective coatings. Furthermore, the fabrication facility of wafer-scale, high-quality, functional reduced graphene oxide on Si has tremendous implications in the field of electronics and next-generation magnetic field sensors.
Recent Posts
- Three of Dr. Ariful Haque’s Ph.D. students, including Maria Sultana, Taqy Saif, and Pallab Kumar Sarkar, presented their research at the highly prestigious Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) held at Duke University in Durham, NC.
- Two UWBG lab members, Adedayo and Pujan, advanced to the finals of the TXST CoSE Innovator’s Cut research reel contest. Congratulations!
- Pujan Lamsal becomes a student representative of the Texas Society for Microscopy.
- Our recent work on Diamond/AlN integration published in Carbon
- Saif Taqy received Doctoral Merit Fellowship