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“A fascinating aspect of my work is manipulating quantum properties of materials at nano-scale, opening up new worlds, and testing and developing theories put forward a century ago.”
Research profile
In Eindhoven, Erik founded his own research group in 2017. The group continues to research nanowires, and has made significant progress in three key areas. The first area, nanomaterials, involves collaboration with Delft in the search for Majorana particles. The recent discovery of Majorana fermions in nanowires opens up a completely new field of research and applications including their possible use as carrier of quantum information for quantum computing. The second area is light emission from silicon. By changing the crystalline properties of silicon, it can be made to emit light, which could, for example, revolutionize fibre-optic data transmission. The third area is the application of nanowires in solar cells, in which significant efficiency gains have been achieved. Presently, the group is researching development of flexible very high efficiency solar cells in which solar energy is harvested in III/V semiconductor nanowires as well as development of flexible nanowire solar cells by embedding nanowires into a transparent and flexible PDMS polymer.
Academic background
After obtaining his PhD in nanoelectrochemistry at the University of Utrecht, Erik started working at Philips Research in Eindhoven in 2000. At that time, research into nanotechnology was being initiated and Erik was offered the opportunity to start up his own research group. The team focused on nanowires - lines of material with a width of several tens of nanometers- an area he continues to research, looking at integration into semiconductors in particular. In 2005, Erik also began work in the area of chemical sensors. In 2010, his growing interest in fundamental research resulted in Erik joining the Technical University of Eindhoven as well as Delft Technical University as part-time professor in the Quantum Transport group.
Affiliated with
- TU Eindhoven
Partners in (semi-)industry
- IBM
- Microsoft
- Philips
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Enabling Majorana Braiding
Bakkers, E. P. A. M., Hoskam, M. S. M., Jung, J., van Veldhoven, P. J., Schellingerhout, A. G., Rossi, M. & Badawy, G. H. A.
1/07/18 → 31/12/26
Project: Research direct
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Epitaxy of advanced nanowire quantum devices
Gazibegovic, S., Car, D., Zhang, H., Balk, S. C., Logan, J. A., de Moor, M. W. A., Cassidy, M. C., Schmits, R., Xu, D., Wang, G., Krogstrup, P., Op het Veld, R. L. M., Zuo, K., Vos, Y., Shen, J., Bouman, D., Shojaei, B., Pennachio, D., Lee, J. S., van Veldhoven, P. J., & 5 others , 23 Aug 2017, In: Nature. 548, 7668, p. 434-438 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Signatures of Majorana fermions in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowire devices
Mourik, V., Zuo, K., Frolov, S. M., Plissard, S. R., Bakkers, E. P. A. M. & Kouwenhoven, L. P., 2012, In: Science. 336, 6084, p. 1003-1007 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Electronic Structure and Epitaxy of CdTe Shells on InSb Nanowires
Badawy, G., Zhang, B., Rauch, T., Momand, J., Koelling, S., Jung, J., Gazibegovic, S., Moutanabbir, O., Kooi, B. J., Botti, S., Verheijen, M. A., Frolov, S. M. & Bakkers, E. P. A. M., 25 Apr 2022, In: Advanced Science. 9, 12, 8 p., 2105722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Hysteretic magnetoresistance in nanowire devices due to stray fields induced by micromagnets
Jiang, Y., de Jong, E. J., van de Sande, V., Gazibegovic, S., Badawy, G. H. A., Bakkers, E. P. A. M. & Frolov, S. M., 26 Feb 2021, In: Nanotechnology. 32, 9, 7 p., 095001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Ultrafast hole spin qubit with gate-tunable spin–orbit switch functionality
Froning, F. N. M., Camenzind, L. C., van der Molen, O. A. H., Li, A., Bakkers, E. P. A. M., Zumbühl, D. & Braakman, F. R., Mar 2021, In: Nature Nanotechnology. 16, 3, p. 308-312 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access69 Citations (Scopus)2 Downloads (Pure)
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Measuring the Optical Absorption of Single Nanowires
Swinkels, M. Y. (Contributor), Campo, A. (Contributor), Vakulov, D. (Contributor), Kim, W. (Contributor), Gagliano, L. (Contributor), Steinvall, S. E. (Contributor), Detz, H. (Contributor), De Luca, M. (Contributor), Lugstein, A. (Contributor), Bakkers, E. P. A. M. (Contributor), Fontcuberta I Morral, A. (Contributor) & Zardo, I. (Contributor), Zenodo, 17 Aug 2020
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A full parity phase diagram of a proximitized nanowire island: Data and Code
Shen, J. (Creator), Winkler, G. W. (Creator), Borsoi, F. (Creator), Heedt, S. (Creator), Levajac, V. (Creator), Wang, J. (Creator), Driel, D. V. (Creator), Bouman, D. (Creator), Gazibegovic, S. (Creator), Op het Veld, R. L. M. (Creator), Car, D. (Creator), Logan, J. A. (Creator), Pendharkar, M. (Creator), Palmstrøm, C. J. (Creator), Bakkers, E. P. A. M. (Creator), Kouwenhoven, L. P. (Creator) & van Heck, B. (Creator), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 12 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.4121/13333451
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Data of 'In-plane selective area InSb-Al nanowire quantum networks'
Bakkers, E. P. A. M. (Creator), Zenodo, 8 Mar 2021
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Spin-mixing enhanced proximity effect in aluminum-based superconductor-semiconductor hybrids
Mazur, G. P. (Creator), van Loo, N. (Creator), Wang, J. (Creator), Dvir, T. (Creator), Wang, G. (Creator), Khindanov, A. (Creator), Korneychuk, S. (Creator), Borsoi, F. (Creator), Dekker, R. C. (Creator), Badawy, G. H. A. (Creator), Vinke, P. (Creator), Gazibegovic, S. (Creator), Bakkers, E. P. A. M. (Creator), Heedt, S. (Creator), Quintero-Perez, M. (Creator) & Kouwenhoven, L. P. (Creator), Zenodo, 14 Jan 2022
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Dataset for "Unveiling Planar Defects in Hexagonal Group IV Materials "
Fadaly, E. (Creator), Marzegalli, A. (Creator), Ren, Y. (Creator), Dijkstra, A. (Creator), De Matteis, D. (Contributor), Scalise, E. (Creator), Sarikov, A. (Creator), De Luca, M. (Creator), Rurali, R. (Creator), Zardo, I. (Creator), Haverkort, J. E. M. (Creator), Botti, S. (Creator), Miglio, L. (Creator), Bakkers, E. P. A. M. (Creator) & Verheijen, M. A. (Creator), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 30 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.4121/14846988
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Prizes
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New nanomaterial to definitively demonstrate teleportation of Majorana particles
Bakkers, Erik P.A.M. (Recipient), 29 Mar 2019
Prize: ERC › Advanced › Scientific
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NWO Vici Award : Control of nanomaterials
Bakkers, Erik P.A.M. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: NWO › Vici › Scientific