Suggested Project Topics

Nanoscience/technology in Singapore

Nanoscience/technology and IT

Nanoscience/technology and future development of microelectronics

Nano-scale probes (choose one from many, e.g., MFM, SNOM)

SPM-based information storage devices

Organized quantum dot arrays and superlattices

Quantum Hall effect in metrology

Single-electron devices

Fractional quantum Hall effect

Nanostructures in quantum computation

Fabrication and characterization of nano-tubes and wires (many possible choices)

CNT growth mechanism modeling and simulations

Separation of SWNTs by type and size

Applications of nano-tubes and wires

Electronic/optoelectronic nanotechnology

THz radiation source (e.g. quantum cascade laser)

Photonic crystals and devices

Plasmonics

Surface enhanced Raman scattering

Optical properties of metallic nano-particles

Control size, shape and organization of nanoparticles

Nano-crystallites in catalysis

Nanomagnetics and high-density information storage

Nano-composite magnetic materials

GMR, CMR and MTJ (just choose one)

Science & technology in spintronics

Rashba effect and Spin Hall effect

Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Insulators

Organic electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices

Self-assembly of molecular nanostructures

Electronic devices made of single molecules

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)

Nanoscience in biology

Bio- and medical applications of nanoscience/technology