Research Output per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
It is fascinating how materials properties at the nanoscale can be radically changed by means of size, crystal structure or surface states. We focus on new nanomaterial systems and investigate their properties.
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Fascinating nanowires and exciting research areas
Organisational profile
Our research group exploits the properties of new nanomaterials; their unusual structural, optical, thermal, and electronic properties for future applications. Research in our group centers around nanowires since these offer an unprecedented level of flexibility and control. The versatility of their material composition allows envisioning new applications in chemistry, physics, engineering science and bioscience.
Nanowires are one-dimensional structures with a diameter typically in the range 10-100 nanometers and a length of several micrometers. Our sophisticated control of the Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) growth mechanism offers many possibilities for nanowire design in terms of dimensions, material composition, distribution of doping elements and presence of junctions.
We focus on group III-V semiconductors such as GaAs, InP, and InSb and on Si. Highlights of our research include the development of synergetic growth (where the growth rate of neighbouring wires is enhanced), the formation of twinning superlattices (that affect optical and thermal transport properties), and the formation of nanowires with hexagonal (wurtzite) crystal structures. A new direction in our group is the transfer of the crystal and defect structure of III-V materials to Si by means of epitaxy. This has recently led to the growth of defect-free wurtzite Si. of size, crystal structure or surface states. We focus on new nanomaterial systems and investigate their properties.
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Profiles

Ghada Badawy
- Department of Applied Physics, Advanced Nanomaterials & Devices - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)

Erik P.A.M. Bakkers
- Department of Applied Physics, Advanced Nanomaterials & Devices - Full Professor
- Department of Applied Physics, Center for Quantum Materials and Technology Eindhoven
Person: HGL : Professor

Emanuele Bochicchio, BSc
- Department of Applied Physics, Advanced Nanomaterials & Devices - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Research Output 2016 2019
Approaching quantization in macroscopic quantum spin hall devices through gate training
Lunczer, L., Leubner, P., Endres, M., Müller, V. L., Brüne, C., Buhmann, H. & Molenkamp, L. W., 22 Jul 2019, In : Physical Review Letters. 123, 4, 5 p., 047701.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
A theoretical analysis of the optimal electrode thickness and porosity
Haverkort, J. W., 1 Feb 2019, In : Electrochimica Acta. 295, p. 846-860 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Bottom-up grown 2D InSb nanostructures
Gazibegovic, S., Badawy, G., Buckers, T. L. J., Leubner, P., Shen, J., de Vries, F. K., Koelling, S., Kouwenhoven, L. P., Verheijen, M. A. & Bakkers, E. P. A. M., 5 Apr 2019, In : Advanced Materials. 31, 14, 8 p., 1808181.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
New nanomaterial to definitively demonstrate teleportation of Majorana particles
Erik Bakkers (Recipient), 29 Mar 2019
Prize: ERC › Advanced › Scientific
NWO Vici Award : Control of nanomaterials
E.P.A.M. Bakkers (Recipient), 2010
Prize: NWO › Vici › Scientific
Press / Media
Better thermal conductivity by adjusting the arrangement of atoms
Erik P.A.M. Bakkers, Marcel A. Verheijen & Sebastian Kölling
19/07/19 → 22/07/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
University of Basel: Better Thermal Conductivity By Adjusting the Arrangement of Atoms
Erik P.A.M. Bakkers & Marcel A. Verheijen
19/07/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
28 years old and closer than ever to the solving of the mistery of the Majorana particles
10/05/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Research areas
Light from Si
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Quantum materials
Impact: Research Area
Quantum materials
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Student theses
Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction to methanol: the interplay between pyridine promotion and electrode surface
Author: Wissink, T., 29 May 2019Supervisor: Hensen, E. (Supervisor 1), Bakkers, E. (Supervisor 2), Hofmann, J. P. (Supervisor 2) & Haverkort, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master