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High-Value: Semiconductors - Program Focus
High-Value: Semiconductors - Program Focus
Measurement of DUO
2
transistor properties at ORNL
Program Focus
Semi-conductor research (Univ. Tennessee)
Identify best dopant
Working with LANL to test crystals implanted with various elements
Determine whether polycrystalline UO
2
will suffice
Baseline approach for semiconductors is costly single crystals