Occurring monthly during the academic year, the 2DCC Webinars present new technical scientific news from within the 2DCC facility and the broader scientific community, as well as, broader topics such as science related to diversity. The webinars are free with an online registration.
The slides with voice-over for past 2DCC Webinars (2016- ) are available by following the links in the menu.
Join us for the Spring 2026 Webinar Series:
March 26 - Yuxuan Cosmi Lin, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M
Title: Precision Engineering of 2D Materials for Ultrascaled Electronics
Abstract: At the atomic scale, new physical phenomena emerge that create opportunities for next generation technologies with unprecedented functionality and energy efficiency. Continued scaling of electronic devices for emerging computing systems increasingly requires precise control of material properties at atomic dimensions. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, particularly transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), provide a promising platform for such precision engineering because of their atomically thin structure and well-defined interfaces. As a result, they have been widely explored as candidate materials for ultimately scaled electronic devices. In this talk, I will discuss opportunities and challenges associated with atomically precise characterization and interfacial engineering of 2D materials and their interfaces with metals and dielectric materials in the context of advanced logic and interconnect technologies. First, high throughput and high precision optical and scanning probe microscopy approaches will be introduced, enabling multimodal and in operando characterization and nanoscale imaging of the structure and properties of 2D materials. Second, I will present several interfacial engineering strategies that enable ultrascaled logic and interconnect technologies. These include: (i) semimetal and 2D material contact engineering to mitigate metal induced gap states and significantly reduce contact resistance in 2D material field effect transistors, (ii) analysis of key scaling challenges such as contact limited transport, self-heating, and dielectric constraints, and (iii) the use of 2D materials as interfacial layers that enable templated metal deposition and mitigate surface and grain boundary scattering in sub 10 nm interconnects.
Biography: Dr. Cosmi Lin is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU). He received a B.S degree in microelectronics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 2012, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and 2019, respectively. He conducted his postdoctoral research in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California, Berkeley, from 2019 to 2021. Before joining TAMU, he served as a principal research engineer in the low-dimensional material research team of Corporate Research at TSMC San Jose. His research interest includes synthesis, characterization, electronic and optoelectronic device applications, and system-level integration of emerging multifunctional nano-/quantum materials, including functional molecules, 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, and other quantum and topological matters.
April 23 â Suji Park (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Webinars are held virtually from 12-1pm ET in N-205 MSC and you may also join us on Zoom.
All the speakers in the spring 2026 webinar series will be virtual.
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