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Expertise
Thin Films
Electrodes
Substrates
Ferroelectric Materials
Silicon
Pulsed Laser Deposition
Membranes
Polarization
Organizations
Research
- Ferroelectric thin-films: epitaxial- and textured Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 and Ba(Sr,Ti)O3 thin films.
- Multiferroics thin-films: epitaxial BiFeO3 and Pb(Zr,Ti)O3/La(Sr,Mn)O3 thin films.
- Heterolayered structure and Doping thin films.
- Thin-film orientation control.
- Interfacial layers.
- Ferroelectric thin-film fabrications: Pulsed laser deposition and Sol-gel spin coating.
- Piezoelectric devices: Micro-diaphragms and Micro-cantilevers for micro-fluidic pumps and micro-biosensors applications; High-resonance frequency resonators for sonar applications.
Mass-sensors based on piezoelectric thin-film cantilevers
Publications
Recent Articles
Li, L., Liao, Z., Gauquelin, N., Nguyen, M. D., Hueting, R. J. E., Gravesteijn, D. J., ... Rijnders, G. (2018). Epitaxial Stress-Free Growth of High Crystallinity Ferroelectric PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 on GaN/AlGaN/Si(111) Substrate. Advanced materials interfaces, 5(2), [1700921]. DOI: 10.1002/admi.201700921
Nguyen, M. D., Nguyen, C. T. Q., Vu, H. N., & Rijnders, G. (2018). Controlling microstructure and film growth of relaxor-ferroelectric thin films for high break-down strength and energy-storage performance. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 38(1), 95-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.08.027
Nguyen, M. D., Tiggelaar, R., Aukes, T., Rijnders, G., & Roelof, G. (2017). Wafer-scale growth of highly textured piezoelectric thin films by pulsed laser deposition for micro-scale sensors and actuators. Journal of physics: Conference series, 922(1), [012022]. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/922/1/012022
Nguyen, M. D., Houwman, E. P., Yuan, H., Wylie- Van Eerd, B., Dekkers, M., Koster, G., ... Rijnders, G. (2017). Controlling Piezoelectric Responses in Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 Films through Deposition Conditions and Nanosheet Buffer Layers on Glass. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 9(41), 35947-35957. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07428
Nguyen, C. T. Q., Nguyen, D. M., Vu, H. T., Houwman, E. P., Vu, H. N., & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2017). High energy storage responses in all-oxide epitaxial relaxor ferroelectric thin films with the coexistence of relaxor and antiferroelectric-like behaviors. Thin solid films, 636, 188-192. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2017.06.003
Nguyen, D. M., Houwman, E. P., Dekkers, J. M., & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2017). Strongly Enhanced Piezoelectric Response in Lead Zirconate Titanate Films with Vertically-Aligned Columnar Grains. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 9(11), 9849-9861. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16470
Nguyen, D. M., Houwman, E. P., Dekkers, J. M., Schlom, D. G., & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2017). Research update: Enhancement of figure of merit for energy-harvesters based on free-standing epitaxial Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)0.99Nb0.01O3 thin-film cantilevers. APL materials, 5(7), [074201]. DOI: 10.1063/1.4978273
Wang, J., Houwman, E. P., Salm, C., Nguyen, D. M., Vergeer, K., & Schmitz, J. (2017). Process induced poling and plasma induced damage of thin films PZT. Microelectronic engineering, 177, 13-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2017.01.016
Nguyen, D. M., Dekkers, J. M., Houwman, E. P., Vu, H. T., Vu, H. N., & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2016). Lead-free (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 thin films by pulsed laser deposition driving MEMS-based piezoelectric cantilevers. Materials letters, 164, 413-416. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2015.11.044
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The Netherlands
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The Netherlands