{"63022":{"#nid":"63022","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Walt de Heer Awarded Materials Research Society Medal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Materials Research Society awarded Walter A. de Heer,\nprofessor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the MRS Medal at\nits annual fall meeting in Boston today. De Heer was cited by the society for\nhis \u201cpioneering contributions to the science and technology of epitaxial\ngraphene.\u201d The MRS Medal recognizes an exceptional achievement in materials\nresearch in the past ten years. The MRS Medal is awarded for a\nspecific outstanding recent discovery or advancement that has a major impact on\nthe progress of a materials-related field.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very pleased and encouraged that our research to\ndevelop epi-graphene for electronics is recognized already in this early stage.\nThis will certainly stimulate others to join us in this important endeavor,\u201d\nsaid de Heer. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer and his lab at Georgia Tech are known worldwide as\nthe first to conceptualize the use of graphene for electronics, back in 2001.\nCurrently de Heer\u2019s lab is working on developing epitaxial graphene as a\nreplacement for silicon in electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause epi-graphene may be able to surpass the speed\nlimitations of silicon, while also allowing for less heat to be generated in a\nsmaller chip, we believe that graphene shows great promise in being able to\nreplace silicon in electronics for applications such as ultra-high frequency\nelectronics, where these attributes will be needed most,\u201d said de Heer. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWalt de Heer is a\nglobal\u0026nbsp;leader in graphene research, and we congratulate him on this latest\nrecognition of his important work,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson.\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe interdisciplinary research that he and his colleagues are\ndoing at Georgia Tech has the potential to dramatically change the electronics\nindustry by enabling the use of this promising material in future generations\nof high-performance electronic devices.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer\nearned a doctoral degree in physics from the University of California - Berkeley\nin 1986. He worked at the \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne in\nSwitzerland from 1987-1997.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently a\nRegents\u0027 Professor of Physics at the Tech, de Heer directs the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/npeg\/\u0022\u003EEpitaxial\nGraphene Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E in the School of Physics and leads the Epitaxial Graphene\nInterdisciplinary Research Group at the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mrsec.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMaterials Research Science\nand Engineering Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer and\nhis research groups have made significant contributions to several areas in\nnanoscopic physics. In 1995, de Heer\u2019s research turned to carbon nanotubes,\nshowing that they are excellent field emitters with potential application to\nflat panel displays. In 1998, he discovered that carbon nanotubes are ballistic\nconductors, which is a key property for graphene-based electronics. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2001, his\nwork on nanopatterned epi-graphene electronics led to the development of\ngraphene-based electronics. This project was funded by Intel Corporation in 2003\nand by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2004. His paper, \u003Cem\u003EUltrathin\nEpitaxial Graphite: Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Properties and a Route Towards\nGraphene-Based Electronics\u003C\/em\u003E, published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry,\nlaid the experimental and conceptual foundation for graphene-based electronics.\nDe Heer holds the first patent for graphene-based electronics that was\nprovisionally filed in June 2003.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"De Heer cited for pioneering contributions to the science and technology of epitaxial graphene."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalt de Heer awarded Materials Research Society Medal for \u201cpioneering contributions to the science and technology of epitaxial graphene.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"De Heer cited for pioneering contributions to the science and technology of epitaxial graphene."}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2010-12-02 09:10:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:50","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63023":{"id":"63023","type":"image","title":"Walt de Heer","body":null,"created":"1449176409","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:00:09","changed":"1475894549","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:29","alt":"Walt de Heer","file":{"fid":"191703","name":"11C3031-P3-026.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11C3031-P3-026.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11C3031-P3-026.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2600142,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/11C3031-P3-026.jpg?itok=6Lh_fwww"}}},"media_ids":["63023"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Physics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/npeg\/","title":"Epitaxial Graphene Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mrsec.gatech.edu\/","title":"Materials Research Science and Engineering Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9826","name":"de Heer"},{"id":"10880","name":"epitaxial"},{"id":"429","name":"graphene"},{"id":"11375","name":"materials research society"},{"id":"1693","name":"MRS"},{"id":"11374","name":"walt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}