prof.dr.ir. G. Koster (Gertjan)

Engineering & Materials Science

# Epitaxial Growth
# Ferroelectric Materials
# Heterojunctions
# Oxides
# Perovskite
# Pulsed Laser Deposition
# Substrates
# Thin Films

Three main directions: in situ spectroscopy, oxide thin film on different templates, oxide thin film growth.

Chen, B. , Gauquelin, N., Strkalj, N. , Huang, S. , Halisdemir, U. , Nguyen, M. D., Jannis, D., Sarott, M. F., Eltes, F., Abel, S., Spreitzer, M., Fiebig, M., Trassin, M., Fompeyrine, J., Verbeeck, J. , Huijben, M. , Rijnders, G. , & Koster, G. (2022). Signatures of enhanced out-of-plane polarization in asymmetric BaTiO₃ superlattices integrated on silicon. Nature communications, 13(1), [265]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27898-x

Uemura, Y. , Ismail, A. S. M., Park, S. H., Kwon, S., Kim, M., Niwa, Y., Wadati, H., Elnaggar, H., Frati, F., Haarman, T., Höppel, N., Huse, N., Hirata, Y., Zhang, Y., Yamagami, K., Yamamoto, S., Matsuda, I., Katayama, T., Togashi, T., ... De Groot, F. M. F. (2021). Femtosecond Charge Density Modulations in Photoexcited CuWO₄. Journal of physical chemistry C, 125(13), 7329-7336. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10525

Chen, B. , Gauquelin, N., Green, R. J., Verbeeck, J. , Rijnders, G. , & Koster, G. (2021). Asymmetric Interfacial Intermixing Associated Magnetic Coupling in LaMnO₃/LaFeO₃ Heterostructures. Frontiers in Physics, 9, [698154]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.698154

Birkhölzer, Y. A. , Sotthewes, K. , Koster, G. , & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2021). Nanoscale Manipulation of VO2 thin films. Poster session presented at 27th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics, iWOE27, Genoa, Italy.

Huang, S., Blom, F. , Gojzewski, H. , Koster, G. , & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2021). Reversible polarization switching in leaky ferroelectrics using an ionic gel induced electrostatic field effect. Applied physics letters, 119(26), [262904]. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0070067

Geran Malek Kheyli, S. (2021). Investigation into mechanical fatigue of piezoelectric actuators. University of Twente.

Antoja-Lleonart, J., Ocelík, V., Zhou, S. , de Hond, K. , Koster, G. , Rijnders, G., & Noheda, B. (2021). Growth and crystallization of sio₂/geo₂ thin films on si(100) substrates. Nanomaterials, 11(7), [1654]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11071654

Huang, S. (2021). Symmetry and functional properties of clamped Pb(Zr_0.6Ti_0.4)O₃ tuned by thermal strain and electrostatics effects. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036552769

Le, P. T. P. , Huang, S. , Nguyen, M. D. , Ten Elshof, J. E. , & Koster, G. (2021). Tuning the metal insulator transition of vanadium dioxide on oxide nanosheets. Applied physics letters, 119(8), [081601]. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0059174

Le, P. T. P. , ten Elshof, J. E. , & Koster, G. (2021). Epitaxial lift-off of freestanding (011) and (111) SrRuO₃ thin films using a water sacrificial layer. Scientific reports, 11(1), [12435]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91848-2

Green, R. J., Zabolotnyy, V., Zwiebler, M. , Liao, Z., Macke, S., Sutarto, R., He, F. , Huijben, M. , Rijnders, G. , Koster, G., Geck, J., Hinkov, V., & Sawatzky, G. A. (2021). Intrinsic versus extrinsic orbital and electronic reconstructions at complex oxide interfaces. Physical Review Materials , 5(6), [065004]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.065004

Bouwmeester, R. L. (2021). Oxide materials as building blocks for artificial topological insulators. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036552134

Spreitzer, M., Klement, D., Parkelj Potocnik, T., Trstenjak, U., Jovanovic, Z. , Nguyen, M. D. , Yuan, H. , ten Elshof, J. E. , Houwman, E. , Koster, G. , Rijnders, G., Fompeyrine, J., Kornblum, L., Fenning, D. P., Liang, Y., Tong, W. Y., & Ghosez, P. (2021). Epitaxial ferroelectric oxides on silicon with perspectives for future device applications. APL materials, 9(4), [040701]. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0039161

Belhadi, J. , Gabor, U., Uršič, H., Daneu, N., Kim, J., Tian, Z. , Koster, G., Martin, L. W., & Spreitzer, M. (2021). Growth mode and strain effect on relaxor ferroelectric domains in epitaxial 0.67Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.33PbTiO₃/SrRuO₃ heterostructures. RSC advances, 11(3), 1222-1232. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra10107a

Chen, B. , Gauquelin, N., Green, R. J. , Lee, J. H., Piamonteze, C., Spreitzer, M., Jannis, D., Verbeeck, J., Bibes, M. , Huijben, M. , Rijnders, G. , & Koster, G. (2021). Spatially Controlled Octahedral Rotations and Metal-Insulator Transitions in Nickelate Superlattices. Nano letters, 21(3), 1295-1302. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03850

Do, M. T. , Gauquelin, N. , Nguyen, M. D., Blom, F., Verbeeck, J. , Koster, G. , Houwman, E. P. , & Rijnders, G. (2021). Interface degradation and field screening mechanism behind bipolar-cycling fatigue in ferroelectric capacitors. APL materials, 9(2), [021113]. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0038719

Zhou, R. , Li, L. , Zhao, W. , Liao, Z. , Nguyen, M. D. , Nunnenkamp, M. , Houwman, E. P. , Koster, G. , Rijnders, A. J. H. M. , Gravesteijn, D. J. , & Hueting, R. J. E. (2020). Polarization effects in ferroelectric gate AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors. In Proceedings of the 2020 32nd International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, ISPSD 2020 (pp. 329-332). [9170173] (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs; Vol. 2020-September). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSD46842.2020.9170173

Birkhölzer, Y. A. , Halisdemir, U. , Koster, G. , & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2020). Large area PLD of ferroelectric oxides on silicon for neuromorphic applications. Poster session presented at Physics@Veldhoven 2020, veldhoven, Netherlands.

Do, M. T. , Houwman, E. P. , Gauquelin, N. , Nguyen, D. M. , Wang, J. , Bégon-Lours, L. C., Blom, F. , Koster, G. , & Rijnders, A. J. H. M. (2020). Mechanisms for polarization fatigue in ferroelectric epitaxial film. Poster session presented at Physics@Veldhoven 2020, veldhoven, Netherlands.

Geessinck, J. (2020). Charge transfer at the interface between complex oxide thin films. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036549936

Chen, B. , Gauquelin, N., Jannis, D. , Cunha, D. M. , Halisdemir, U., Piamonteze, C., Lee, J. H., Belhadi, J., Eltes, F., Abel, S., Jovanovic, Z., Spreitzer, M., Fompeyrine, J., Verbeeck, J., Bibes, M. , Huijben, M. , Rijnders, G. , & Koster, G. (2020). Strain-Engineered Metal-to-Insulator Transition and Orbital Polarization in Nickelate Superlattices Integrated on Silicon. Advanced materials, 32(50), [2004995]. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202004995

Wijnands, T. , Houwman, E. P. , Koster, G. , Rijnders, G. , & Huijben, M. (2020). Numerical modeling of the plasma plume propagation and oxidation during pulsed laser deposition of complex oxide thin films. Physical Review Materials , 4(10), [103803]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.103803

Wang, J. , Gauquelin, N. , Huijben, M., Verbeeck, J. , Rijnders, G. , & Koster, G. (2020). Metal-insulator transition of SrVO₃ ultrathin ﬁlms embedded in SrVO₃/SrTiO₃superlattices. Applied physics letters, 117(13), [133105]. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0020615

Le, P. T. P. , Ten Elshof, J. E. , & Koster, G. (2020). Shape Control of Ca₂Nb₃O₁₀Nanosheets: Paving the Way for Monolithic Integration of Functional Oxides with CMOS. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3(9), 9487-9493. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c02137

Wang, W. , Li, L., Liu, J. , Chen, B., Ji, Y. , Wang, J., Cheng, G., Lu, Y. , Rijnders, G. , Koster, G., Wu, W. , & Liao, Z. (2020). Magnetic domain engineering in SrRuO₃ thin films. npj Quantum Materials, 5(1), [73]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-020-00275-5

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Educational Quality Committee Advanced Technology (2010-1012)
Exam Board Advanced Technology (2012-2016)
Educational committee AT (2016-)

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Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

2016

https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2016/3/477452/nanotechnologen-ut-maken-richting-van-magnetisme-instelbaar-in-nieuwe-materialen
https://www.scientias.nl/nieuw-materiaal-laat-computer-denken-als-mens/
https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2016/7/180869/brein-inspireert-ut-onderzoekers-tot-nieuw-geheugenmateriaal

2014

http://www.utnieuws.nl/english/60662/Nobel_Prizes_explained
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-nanostructures-simple.html
http://www.nwo.nl/actueel/nieuws/2014/cw/nanostructuren-stempelen.html
http://www.utwente.nl/nieuwsevents/2014/9/216804/nanostructuren-stempelen
http://www.utwente.nl/en/newsevents/!/2014/9/216804/creating-nanostructures-using-simple-stamps

2013

http://www.utwente.nl/mesaplus/nl/archief/2013/07/28-juli-publieksdag-bridges-2013.docx/
http://www.utwente.nl/archief/2013/07/wetenschap-ook-populair-op-zwarte-cross.docx
http://www.utwente.nl/mesaplus/nl/archief/2013/06/nanotechnologen-vinden-manier-om-defecten-in-materialen-terug-te-dringen.docx/

2012

Een portret van de werkgroep QAQS (schoonheid), Gertjan Koster (http://www.quaartquascience.nl/agenda/)
http://www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/atomair-lego-levert-bijzonder-magnetisme
Room-temperature magnetism in insulating thin films, http://www.utwente.nl/tnw/ims/news/23okt12_LSMO110%5B2%5D.docx/

2011

Unexpected heterostructure seen in STO (http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/47039)
Nobel lezing TNW 2011; http://www.utwente.nl/evenementen/nobel-lezingen-2011
http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/10674247/__Inzicht_in_materie_veranderd__.html

2010

Koolstof in de ruimte en tijd; een wetenschappelijke zoektocht, Gertjan Koster, Josée Kleibeuker in Het fenomeen van Schaal, Qua art Qua Science November 2010 (http://www.quaartquascience.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Uitgaven/Nov_2010_NANO.pdf)

2009

Every single layer matters, Alex Klironomos, Physics Synopsys (http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.140407); Editors Choice Phys. Rev. B (http://prb.aps.org/edannounce/PhysRevB.77.130001)
How to make CuO sit up straight, Jessica Thomas, Physics Synopsys (http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.195122); Editors Choice Phys. Rev. B (http://prb.aps.org/edannounce/PhysRevB.77.130001)
2 artikelen vakgroep IMS binnen korte tijd geselecteerd als 'Editors' Suggestion', (http://www.tnw.utwente.nl/nieuws/nieuws/archief/2009/2009_06_04/2_artikelen_vakgroep_ims_geselecteerd.doc/)
Innovatief chemisch onderzoek UT beloond, (http://www.tnw.utwente.nl/nieuws/nieuws/archief/2009/2009_06_18/innovatief_chemisch_onderzoek.doc/)

2008

Kunstkristalbouwer nummer drie by Henk Klomp, Technisch Weekblad no. 9 (in dutch); COMAT system

2007

Monitoring-and Possibly Improving-Superconducting Films by Hang Hogan, Spectroscopy Focus, September, pg 107; on APL 90 (2007) 261917
Watch out for the lack of oxygen by James N. Eckstein, Nature Materials (News and Views), 6 473; PRL 98 (2007) 196802
Evidence suggests that a ferromagnetic metal may lie at the interface between nonmagnetic insulatorsby B.G. Levi, Physics Today, June; PRL 98 (2007) 196802