Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-03520, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Badolato, Antonio (University of Ottawa)|Badolato, Antonio (Université d’Ottawa), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Discovery Grants Program - Individual, program name french : Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles, program purpose english : New materials can change our lives and the world around us. Cables of glass fiber and silicon circuits constitute the backbone of our information age. Now a new class of materials, each consisting of a single layer of atoms and known as two-dimensional (2D) materials, is emerging, with far-reaching potential. This revolution started in 2004 with the insulation of graphene, a 2D material made by a single layer of carbon atoms. Graphene is stronger than steel, harder than diamond, lighter than almost anything, transparent, flexible, and an ultrafast electrical conductor. Motivated by this success, the interest for 2D materials has skyrocketed as testified by massive investments into this area by several countries and organizations. The number of patents filed every day is impressive, mainly focusing on batteries, flexible electronics and optoelectronics. Nowadays approximately five hundred of these 2D materials have been estimated to be achievable and several are already available. This new class of materials is populated by a large variety of crystals, some acting as insulators and others as semiconductors or metals, all with a thickness of approximately one billionth of a meter. The lower dimensionality compared to their bulk relatives is responsible for a wealth of novel properties, and allows the stacking of different layers on top of one another to engineer new heterostructures with specifically tailored properties. 
This research program will study the interaction between light and a special category of 2D materials possessing unique properties such as bright light emission and ultimate implementation for nanophotonic devices. The proposed research will study how 2D materials interact with light when they are coupled to functional nanostructures designed by a genetic-inspired approach to guide and confine light on a chip. It provides foundation for potentially transformative optoelectronic devices such as flexible sensors, lasers, and sources of non-classical light. 
The interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of this program will attract students from a broad scientific community encompassing physics, materials science, and engineering. Students will gain invaluable hands-on experience in isolating new 2D materials, fabricating nanophotonic structures in the cleanroom, performing microscopy, and using advanced laser spectroscopy techniques. This research program is also expected to generate opportunities for collaborations with industries interested in optoelectronics, communications, and quantum technologies., program purpose french : New materials can change our lives and the world around us. Cables of glass fiber and silicon circuits constitute the backbone of our information age. Now a new class of materials, each consisting of a single layer of atoms and known as two-dimensional (2D) materials, is emerging, with far-reaching potential. This revolution started in 2004 with the insulation of graphene, a 2D material made by a single layer of carbon atoms. Graphene is stronger than steel, harder than diamond, lighter than almost anything, transparent, flexible, and an ultrafast electrical conductor. Motivated by this success, the interest for 2D materials has skyrocketed as testified by massive investments into this area by several countries and organizations. The number of patents filed every day is impressive, mainly focusing on batteries, flexible electronics and optoelectronics. Nowadays approximately five hundred of these 2D materials have been estimated to be achievable and several are already available. This new class of materials is populated by a large variety of crystals, some acting as insulators and others as semiconductors or metals, all with a thickness of approximately one billionth of a meter. The lower dimensionality compared to their bulk relatives is responsible for a wealth of novel properties, and allows the stacking of different layers on top of one another to engineer new heterostructures with specifically tailored properties. 
This research program will study the interaction between light and a special category of 2D materials possessing unique properties such as bright light emission and ultimate implementation for nanophotonic devices. The proposed research will study how 2D materials interact with light when they are coupled to functional nanostructures designed by a genetic-inspired approach to guide and confine light on a chip. It provides foundation for potentially transformative optoelectronic devices such as flexible sensors, lasers, and sources of non-classical light. 
The interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of this program will attract students from a broad scientific community encompassing physics, materials science, and engineering. Students will gain invaluable hands-on experience in isolating new 2D materials, fabricating nanophotonic structures in the cleanroom, performing microscopy, and using advanced laser spectroscopy techniques. This research program is also expected to generate opportunities for collaborations with industries interested in optoelectronics, communications, and quantum technologies., agreement title english : NANOPHOTONICS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS, agreement title french : NANOPHOTONICS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS, agreement number : RGPIN, agreement value : 180000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2022-2023), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada