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MSE-649: Crystal growth by epitaxy

Summary

This is an interactive course explaining the main physical and chemical concepts to understand epitaxy of crystalline thin films and what determines the morphology, composition and structure of a material grown per epitaxy both in the bulk and as nanostructure.

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Instructor

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

2014 Associate Professor at the Institut des Matériaux, EPFL 2008 Assistant Professor Tenure Track at the Institut des Matériaux, EPFL 2009 Habilitation in Physics, Technische Universität München 2005-2010 Marie Curie Excellence Grant Team Leader at Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universität München, on leave from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) 2004-2005 Visiting Scientist at the California Institute of Technology, on leave from CNRS; Senior Scientist and co-founder of Aonex Technologies (a startup company for large area layer transfer of InP and Ge on foreign substrates for the main application of multi-junction solar cells) 2003 Permanent Research Fellow at CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, France 2001-2002 Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology Study of wafer bonding and hydrogen-induced exfoliation processes for integration of mismatched materials in views of photovoltaic applications Sponsor: Professor Harry A. Atwater 1998-2001 PhD in Materials Science, Ecole Polytechnique Study of polymorphous silicon: growth mechanisms, optical and structural properties. Application to Solar Cells and Thin Film Transistors Advisor: Pere Roca i Cabarrocas 1997-1998 Diplôme dEtudes Approfondis (D.E.A.) in Materials Science at Université Paris XI, France . 1993-1997 BA in Physics at Universitat de Barcelona

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/crystal-growth-by-epitaxy-MSE-649

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/MSE-649

Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/crystal-growth-by-epitaxy-MSE-649

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/MSE-649

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