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Semiconductor Materials (HALV)

The Semiconductor Materials Division develops and investigates materials for novel electronics with focus on silicon carbide, III-nitrides and graphene for fundamental and application-motivated issues of interest for Swedish and European industries.

Semiconductor materialsThe Semiconductor Materials Division belongs to the scientific area of Material Physics, which is the largest research unit of the department and it is internationally recognized as a strong research environment. The research activities within the division cover a broad spectrum dominated by basic research. The projects are mainly funded by Swedish and European agencies, partly with industrial collaboration. There is a strong international cooperation within most research projects.

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Research

Semiconductor Device Materials

Our research focuses on the development of novel semiconductor materials for high-frequency and power electronics.
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Wide bandgap semiconductors

We are strengthening our role in the development of solid-state quantum systems, such as optical active spin quantum bits, quantum memories and registers.
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The sublimation materials unit

The sublimation materials unit focuses on exploring silicon carbide semiconductors, graphene, other low-dimensional materials, and their energy and environmental applications.

Doctoral education

Fysikhuset, Campus Valla, Linköping University.

Doctoral studies in Materials Science

Doctoral studies in Materials Science, with a particular link to condensed matter physics and nanotechnology, are focused on experimental activities on materials, including computations and modelling of these materials.

Related research

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Innovative semiconductor research from LiU to Silicon Valley

LiU alumnus and doctoral student Ivan Martinovic swapped Swedish winter for a warmer climate and headed for Silicon Valley.  He represents the LEAD company Polar Light Technologies in Berkeley SkyDeck’s sought-after accelerator programme.

IFM big winner in WISE approved projects

In 2022 the research program approved its first ever PhD and Postdoc projects. Out of the 18 approved projects from LiU, nine came from IFM.
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New material promising for making renewable energy from water

One prospective source of renewable energy is hydrogen gas produced from water with the aid of sunlight. LiU researchers have developed a material that exhibits promising properties to capture solar energy and split water for hydrogen gas production.

Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar energy

Researchers at LiU are attempting to convert carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to fuel using energy from sunlight. Recent results have shown that it is possible to use their technique to selectively produce methane, carbon monoxide or formic acid.
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Graphene takes a step towards renewable fuel

Researchers at LiU are working to develop a method to convert water and carbon dioxide to the renewable energy of the future, using the energy from the sun and graphene applied to the surface of cubic silicon carbide.
Professors Igor Abrikosov and Tien Son Nguyen

SEK 33 million for room temperature quantum bits

Igor Abrikosov, professor at LiU, has been awarded SEK 33 million for the coming five years from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to show how it is possible to use the smallest components of quantum mechanics at room temperature.

Contact

Ivan Gueorguiev Ivanov

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division, Head of Unit
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Jianwu Sun

Associate Professor, Head of Unit, Docent

Vanya Darakchieva

Professor, Head of Unit
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Anna Ahlgren

Coordinator
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Anette Kempe

Coordinator

Staff

Staff

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Natalia Abrikossova
Research Engineer
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Sven Andersson
Research Engineer
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Nerijus Armakavicius
Assistant Professor
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Peder Bergman
Professor
Hsu Chih-Wei
Principal Research Engineer
Vanya Darakchieva
Professor, Head of Unit
Ananta Dey
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Chun-Xia Du
Principal Research Engineer
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Misagh Ghezellou
PhD student
Daniela Gogova
Principal Research Engineer
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Carl Hemmingsson
Senior Associate Professor
Per-Olof Holtz
Ivan Gueorguiev Ivanov
Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division, Head of Unit
Leif Johansson
Valdas Jokubavicius
Principal Research Engineer
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Minho Kim
Postdoc
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Philipp Kuhne
Principal Research Engineer
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Son Phuong Le
Principal Research Engineer
Bo Monemar
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Muhammad Nawaz
Adjunct Professor
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Tien Son Nguyen
Professor
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Alexis Papamichail
Postdoc
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Plamen Paskov
Associate Professor, Docent
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Galia Pozina
Professor
Danial Shafizadeh
PhD student
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Ivan Shtepliuk
Principal Research Engineer
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Hafiz Sohail
Vallery Stanishev
Principal Research Engineer
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Jianwu Sun
Associate Professor, Head of Unit, Docent
Einar Sveinbjörnsson
Adjunct Professor
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Dat Tran
Postdoc
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Han-Hui Tseng
Roger Uhrberg
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Jawad Ul-Hassan
Associate Professor
Rositsa Yakimova
Professor Emerita
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Gholamreza Yazdi
Associate Professor

Visiting address

Campus Valla, Building F

Mail address

Linköping University
IFM
581 83 Linköping

Organisation

Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)

Undergraduate teaching and research in the areas of biology, chemistry, materials and applied physics and theory and modelling are conducted at this department.

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