University of Twente

Name: Group of Research in Advanced Inorganic Materials at the University of Twente, Twente [ web ]

Contact: G. Rijnders

Description: The research group of Inorganic Materials Science of the Faculty Science and Technology of the University of Twente is involved in different aspects of the science and technology of inorganic materials. The research is focused on the following activities: 1) physical materials science & artificials materials, 2) chemical materials science & nanostructured materials, 3) novel devices and applications, 4) interface science and thin film technology. During the last decade a tremendous progress has been made in the fabrication of (complex) oxide thin films. To name a few, these are the epitaxial growth technique, understanding of the properties of their defect structure, atomic-level control of their layering, the manipulation of the oxygen contents and dopant densities, etc. With the development of pulsed laser deposition with control at an atomic level using high-pressure reflection high-energy electron diffraction the TWE group is able to control the growth of these materials and introduced new growth manipulation techniques, like pulsed laser interval deposition. Most of the work in the Inorganic Materials Science is devoted towards application in novel devices. The primary goal of the TWE group is to elucidate the effects of size, structure, and interface of atomically controlled nanostructures made from (sometimes artificially constructed) complex materials, with special attention to properties such as conductivity, spin polarization, ferroelectricity, and optical nonlinearity.

Researchers involved in the mobility plan: G. Rijnders, G. Koster, A. Golubov