Technical Basis
The following tools are currently being used:
Thin Film Growth and Treatment Facilities
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Molecular Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition (MO-CVD) and Rapid Thermal Annealing (RTA), Metallization Chamber
Spectroscopy
Micro-Raman-Spektroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), Scanning Nanoprobe Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), Sputter-XPS, Time-of-flight Secondary Mass Ion Spectroscopy (Tof-SIMS), Dynamic SIMS, Synchrotron Radiation-XPS (Bessy II)
Diffraction
Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction (RHEED) equipped with video registration, High Resolution X-ray Diffraction (HR-XRD), X-ray Reflectometry (XRR), Synchrotron Radiation Grazing Incidence X-ray diffraction (GI-XRD) (ESRF) (ANKA) (HasyLab)
Microscopy
Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (VT-STM), Combined Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Photoelectron Emission Microscopy (PEEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Dual Focussed Ion Beam – Scanning Electron Microscope (Dual FIB SEM)
Electrical Characterization
Capacitance versus voltage (C-V), Current versus voltage (J-V), Variable temperature current versus voltage & dielectric relaxation & oxygen partial pressure studies (Vacuum prober SUSS MicroTec PMV200), Hall–Device, Charge Carriere Life Time Facility, Conductive AFM
Further methods are available upon request.
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23-01-12
E-MRS Spring Meeting 2012 in Strasbourg (France)
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23-01-12
ESRF highlights IHP materials research study in its “Spotlight on Science”
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05-01-12
PhD graduation in IHP Materials Research Department
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11-10-11
Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Physics School
June 10-16, 2012
Physikzentrum Bad Honnef
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05-10-11
New UHV-CVD chamber from Riber at work in IHP`s Material Research Department
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12-09-11
Visiting guest scientist Dr. Adam Szyszka from Wroclaw University of Technology
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20-07-11
E-MRS 2011 Fall Meeting
Stress, structure, and stoichiometry effects on the properties of nanomaterials[more]
09-02-11
IHP Fellowship 2011
Prof. Giovanni Capellini received the international IHP Fellowship 2011 [more]
09-02-11
“Bremer Studienpreis 2010” awarded to Dr. Andreas Schaefer [more]
16-11-10
Cooperation Agreement between Faculty of Physics at Technical University of Poznan and IHP signed on 29th October 2010 [more]
25-10-10
Visiting guest scientist Prof. Ya-Hong Xie from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) at IHP [more]
13-09-10
Memorandum of Understanding signed between E3S in Berkeley and IHP [more]
14-07-10
Prof. E. Yablonovitch visits IHP. “Prof. Eli Yablonovitch from University of Berkeley, an outstanding scientist in the field of semiconductor and ... [more]
20-05-10
New DFG cluster project starts at IHP. The German National Science Foundation funds a new interdisciplinary cluster project between ... [more]
29-04-10
E-MRS 2010 Spring Meeting (7th – 11th June 2010)
Two IHP scientists from the Materials Research Department have the pleasure to follow the invitation of the organizers of Symposium E for holding invited talks. ... [more]
25-03-10
PhD graduations in IHP Materials Research Department [more]
09-03-10
EU Gennesys White Paper “Study on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Europe Exploiting Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron Facilities” published [more]
03-02-10
Siltronic and IHP sign three years research contract on the development of engineered Silicon wafer systems. [more]
20-01-10
DPG Spring Meeting 2010
During the DPG Solid State Physics Spring Meeting from 22nd – 26th March 2010 in Regensburg (Germany) ...[more]
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