Topics

Topics

• Thin films and heterostructures
• Low-dimensional systems and related defects: semiconductor nanocrystals, quantum wells, quantum dots, nanowires
• Interface structures and defect interaction
• Extended defects in C-related materials (incl. graphen)
• Doping-, irradiation-, and implantation-induced defects
• Electronic structure of defects
• Defect engineering, strain engineering
• Mechanical properties and dislocation dynamics
• Role of defects in opto-electronic and magnetic properties
• Degradation mechanisms in semiconductor devices
• Atomistic and multiscale simulations, modeling approaches of defects, interfaces and nanostructures
• Advanced characterisation techniques and methods for the investigation of semiconductor materials, in-situ imaging and analysis
• Semiconductor hybrid systems, e.g. for biological and medical applications
• Interaction of point and extended defects, point defect agglomeration
• Materials for solar energy conversion and energy storage