As an intern researcher at the Charlie Johnson Group, Jason Ventura’s group worked on fab-friendly TMD synthesis.
According to Ventura, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs), “are a type of material that can be synthesized to be as thin as 3 atoms, and can act as a semiconductor, meaning we can make ultra-small transistors the size of a nanometer.”
Throughout the internship, Ventura “focused on the optimization and control of MoS2 film growth, getting exposure to state-of-the-art lab equipment, and an increased interest in the field of nanotechnology and R&D.”
Moving forward, Ventura “plans to continue my summer research as a for-credit undergrad research course where we hope to expand this to other TMDs and also begin to make devices out of them.”