Supriyo Datta

Thomas Duncan Distinguished
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Postal Address: Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering 465 Northwestern Ave. West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2035 Office: Room 325 EE Building Phone: 765.494.3511  Voice 765.494.2706  FAX E-Mail: datta@purdue.edu Education: BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, 1975 MS, University of Illinois, 1977 PhD, University of Illinois, 1979

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Research Interests

Physics of Nanostructures with emphasis on Electronic Transport including Spin Electronics, Molecular Conduction, Nanoscale Device Physics and Mesoscopic Superconductivity.

Traditionally atomistic approaches have been used to model materials in terms of average parameters like the mobility or the diffusion coefficient which are then used as inputs to macroscopic device models. This approach is not adequate to meet the challenges and opportunities afforded by the development of nanotechnology that makes it possible to engineer materials and devices on a length scale as small as several nanometers (atomic distances are ~ 0.2 nm). An integrated approach is needed that embeds modern atomistic thinking directly into the models used for non-equlibrium systems like nanoscale transistors , energy conversion devices and bio-sensors and it is this integrated approach that motivates both our teaching and research activites. Read More

Read about our new initiative sponsored by NSF and Intel Foundation: Electronics from the Bottom-up

See Lectures from the 2008 Summer School: Nanoelectronics and the Meaning of Resistance

NEW : Spins and Magnets (A whiteboard lecture): Part 1, Part 2

Read more about NEGF-Landauer approach widely used by the Nanoelectronics community

UPCOMING!

The NCN Summer Institute will be offering a One week Summer School that will include material from Electronics from the Bottom-up and Nanoelectronics and the Meaning of Resistance.