EI4GroupIV website of the New Materials group at the University of Vigo                                  

EI4GroupIV

Excellence Initiative for Group IV Semiconductor Research

FA-3 individual research program and cooperation

• Bio-inspired SiC substrates
• New Group IV Semiconductors for photovoltaic, micro- and nano-electronic, and photonic devices, MEMS and flexible biosensors
• Chemical and morphological modification of polymer surfaces for nc-Si thin film solar cells
• Numerical simulation of laser/material interactions
• UV Laser assisted growth and modification of Si, Ge, SiGe, GeSn for
          ・Bottom up processing through low thermal budget processes for microelectronic devices.
          ・Strain and lattice engineering through ultra rapid thermal annealing for optoelectronics
          ・Large area and local processing for flexible photovoltaic devices and biosensors
• Characterization of material properties, surfaces and interfaces  through HR-Raman, XPS, TOF-SIMS, FIB, HR-SEM and HR-TEM.
  
  

Ongoing cooperations

Laserprocessing and characterization of SiGeSn alloys & Exchange of students

CINaM

Laserprocessing and characterization of group heterostructures with Ge & Exchange of students

imec

Characterization of GeSn alloys

IHP

Laserprocessing and characterization of group IV heterostructures