Zahid Durrani

Zahid Durrani is Professor of Quantum Nanoelectronics, based in the Optical and Semiconductor Devices Group, Imperial College. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP) and of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). His recent research interests include single-atom electronic devices, 'beyond CMOS' single-electron and quantum dot devices in silicon, and few-particle, nanoscale thermodynamics. His interests have also included applications of quantum dots towards quantum computing, the use of nanoscale materials for thermoelectric applications, silicon nanocrystals and nanowires, nanodevice fabrication using electron beam and scanning probe lithography, and the electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures. He has published more than 70 journal papers and book chapters, and 1 book, in electrical engineering, nanotechnology and applied physics. This work has been funded by various programmes of the EU, Japan Science and Technology, and EPSRC U.K. His recent collaborators have included University College London, University of Ilmenau (Germany), IBM Zurich (Switzerland), CSIC Barcelona (Spain), University of Delft (Netherlands), IMEC (Belgium), Swiss Litho (Heidelberg Instruments) (Germany and Switzerland), National Physical Laboratory (UK) and Oxford Instruments (UK). Other collaborations have included University of Cambridge, Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory and University of Southampton in the UK, and Tokyo Institute of Technology, Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Nagoya University, and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan. Research details

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