Nano Materials and Nanotechnology

Dr. Ivo(yl) P. Koutsaroff is Pentalingual (2 Asian Languages and 3 European) Professional working on Advanced Thin film Materials & Devices, Qorvo Inc. He authored ~80 publications and inventor on more than 35 patents with over 244 citations. over 20 years of experience in research & development, new materials development, process development, intellectual property, device performance improvement by leading small development teams. His technical competencies include physics, materials science, electrical engineering, thin film deposition, complex oxide and oxynitride materials, surface science, plasma processes, ferroelectrics, multilayer devices, passive components, software for automation, and optics. His main R&D activities cover conceptual & experimental design of new high performance ferroelectric (FE) and high-K dielectric thin films, passive devices (IPDs) and development of novel anion-controlled inorganic material systems for various energy-storage applications. Strong utilization of conceptual and experimental combinatorial and film stoichiometry variation approach for creation of new functional oxide/oxynitride materials and optimization of their functionalities by using various deposition techniques. The key difference is in utilization of sample size on large wafer size level sufficient for direct testing of various device concepts. He is expert on plasma deposition techniques and process development based on PECVD, RF, HiMIPS, quasi-reactive sputtering (PVD), PECVD, MBE and ALD. He was a Guest-Editor of CGD journal ACS. He organized a FE Thin Films symposium at the MRS (Boston, 2003) and he is the founder of ANIM1 Symposium (E-MRS Strasbourg, 2013). He was also Session Chair at a ISIF, a MRS, E-MRS Symposia, etc. He is regularly invited to conduct a peer review for articles published in APL,JAP, APL Materials, etc.He had Professional Engineer license from PEO to practice as an Electronic Engineer in Canada.

High Density Thin Film Ferroelectric Capacitors, BST Tunable Varactors (Ferroelectric varactors), Perovskite Oxides Thin Film Deposition, PVD combinatorial equipment, Solid State Chemistry, Perovskite films growth and properties control, Non-Pt electrodes materials, Thin Film Device Integration,

Marco Pizzi received his degree in General Physics from University of Torino in 1996 and the PhD in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino in 2004. Since July 2010 he is Research Director of the Eltek Group, a company involved in the automotive, medical and household appliance fields. He is currently involved in the research on active materials integration in nano and micro structures, with particular attention to microfluidic systems for diagnostics and in vitro cells culturing. He is investigating the application of nanocomposites and nanodevices in the biomedical and automotive fields. He authored or co-authored more than 90 papers and patents in the field of micro and nanotechnologies.

Polymer Nanocomposites and Nanodevices

Dr. Eric LESNIEWSKA received his M.S. degree in Physics in 1986; and his PhD degree in Physics in 1991. After working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop STM and UHV-STM for biological applications as a postdoctoral fellow from 1991 to 1992, he returned to France in 1993 to become Assistant Professor in the Biophysics Laboratory of the INSERM Department of Dijon Hospital University Center. In 1996, he joined the Physics Laboratory (CNRS UMR 2509) of university of Dijon. In 2006, he became Professor and develop his research in the Nanosciences department of the Institute Carnot of Bourgogne (ICB UMR 6303). Prof. Lesniewska’s research is focused on the development of new nanoprobes for pH, thermal and conductimetry measurements (AFM), development of new atomic force microscopy modes such as Scanning NearField Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH), Scanning Microwave Tomography, and applications to biosensors using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrocopy (SERS). By his researches on living cells, biomimetic membranes, DNA-protein assemblies, and its application to the studies of biosensor devices, he is integrated in 2006 in the Research Training Networks FP6 (RTN) « Nanocem ». Since 2008, he is involved in the development of high-speed AFM imaging in collaboration with Biophysics Lab of the University of Kanazawa (Pr. T. Ando). A commercial version of HS-AFM has been developed by RIBM Co. in 2012. Since 2010, he is involved in the development of 3D tomography using micro-wave (SMM) or ultrasonic wave (UA-AFM) at various frequency. Since 2012, he is involved in the development of spectroscopic modes on AFM or HS-AFM platform such as IR spectroscopy, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. He is involved in the NanoSense Lab (ICB-ARDPI) in the development of SMM tip scanners.

Scanning Probe Microscopy (STM, AFM, PSTM, SNOM, UA-AFM, SMM, HS-AFM, IR-AFM, SERS/HS-AFM), development of specific probes for pH, thermal, Conductimetry Measurements. Development of techniques (L-SPR, SERS) useful for biosensors.

A. Ivankovic is Professor of Engineering Mechanics (since 2004) and Head of Mechanical Engineering Programs (since 2012), (Head of Mechanical Engineering Discipline 2006-2011). He is director of UCD Centre of Adhesion and Adhesives established in 2010. He is also a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a Head of Structural Adhesives Division of Adhesion Society (since 2014). A.I. currently leads the research group of 1 MSc, 3 ME, 9 PhD students and 5 PostDoc researchers. The main research focus of the group is the structure-property relationship towards materials by design, which involves multi-scale characterisation and modelling of thermo-mechanical, damage and fracture behaviour and tailor design of polymers, composites, adhesives and super-hard materials. The group has access to excellent processing, thermo-mechanical testing, video, microscopy, analytical and high-performance computing facilities.

Aerospace Materials, Nanotechnology in Material Science, Mechanics of Materials

Dr. Haider Butt is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is leading a nanophotonics group with particular interests in healthcare technologies. Previously he was a Henslow Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, from where he also received his PhD in April 2012. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and around 40 conference publications. His research work has received substantial recognition in the form of awards and media interviews. He has secured several prestigious research awards include Philip Leverhulme Prize.

Nanophotonics, Nanostructures, Wearable sensors

Liqiu “Rick” Wang received his PhD from University of Alberta (Canada) and is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Qianren Scholar (Zhejiang) and serves as the Director and the Chief Scientist for the Laboratory for Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering, Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), the University of Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of university experience in thermal & power engineering, energy & environment, transport phenomena, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and applied mathematics in Canada, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, and 2 years of industrial experience in thermal engineering and technology management. He has secured over 70 projects funded by diverse funding agencies and industries including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, totaling > US$20m (excluding US$ 2.2 billion for AMS project). He has published 10 books/monographs and over 370 book chapters and technical articles, many of which have been widely used by researchers all over the world, and is ranked amongst the top 1% of most-cited scientists (ESI). He has also filed 22 patent applications and led an international team in developing a state-of-the-art thermal control system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. The AMS project is headed by Professor Samuel C C Ting (Nobel laureate in Physics, MIT, USA) and is to search for antimatter, dark matter and spectra of cosmic rays. He has presented over 50 invited plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, and serves/served as the editor-in-chief for the Advances in Transport Phenomena, the editor for the Scientific Reports, the associate editor for the Current Nanoscience, the guest editor for the Journal of Heat Transfer, the Nanoscale Research Letters and the Advances in Mechanical Engineering, and serves on the editorial boards of 20 international journals. Liqiu “Rick” Wang received his PhD from University of Alberta (Canada) and is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Qianren Scholar (Zhejiang) and serves as the Director and the Chief Scientist for the Laboratory for Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering, Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), the University of Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of university experience in thermal & power engineering, energy & environment, transport phenomena, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and applied mathematics in Canada, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, and 2 years of industrial experience in thermal engineering and technology management. He has secured over 70 projects funded by diverse funding agencies and industries including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, totaling > US$20m (excluding US$ 2.2 billion for AMS project). He has published 10 books/monographs and over 370 book chapters and technical articles, many of which have been widely used by researchers all over the world, and is ranked amongst the top 1% of most-cited scientists (ESI). He has also filed 22 patent applications and led an international team in developing a state-of-the-art thermal control system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. The AMS project is headed by Professor Samuel C C Ting (Nobel laureate in Physics, MIT, USA) and is to search for antimatter, dark matter and spectra of cosmic rays. He has presented over 50 invited plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, and serves/served as the editor-in-chief for the Advances in Transport Phenomena, the editor for the Scientific Reports, the associate editor for the Current Nanoscience, the guest editor for the Journal of Heat Transfer, the Nanoscale Research Letters and the Advances in Mechanical Engineering, and serves on the editorial boards of 20 international journals. Liqiu “Rick” Wang received his PhD from University of Alberta (Canada) and is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Qianren Scholar (Zhejiang) and serves as the Director and the Chief Scientist for the Laboratory for Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering, Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), the University of Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of university experience in thermal & power engineering, energy & environment, transport phenomena, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and applied mathematics in Canada, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, and 2 years of industrial experience in thermal engineering and technology management. He has secured over 70 projects funded by diverse funding agencies and industries including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, totaling > US$20m (excluding US$ 2.2 billion for AMS project). He has published 10 books/monographs and over 370 book chapters and technical articles, many of which have been widely used by researchers all over the world, and is ranked amongst the top 1% of most-cited scientists (ESI). He has also filed 22 patent applications and led an international team in developing a state-of-the-art thermal control system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. The AMS project is headed by Professor Samuel C C Ting (Nobel laureate in Physics, MIT, USA) and is to search for antimatter, dark matter and spectra of cosmic rays. He has presented over 50 invited plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, and serves/served as the editor-in-chief for the Advances in Transport Phenomena, the editor for the Scientific Reports, the associate editor for the Current Nanoscience, the guest editor for the Journal of Heat Transfer, the Nanoscale Research Letters and the Advances in Mechanical Engineering, and serves on the editorial boards of 20 international journals.

Nanotechnology