Function PhD student
Research subject • Transmission Electron Microscopy of Silicon Nanowires
• Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have been actively studied during the past decade, as they hold the promise of becoming key building blocks in future electronic and optoelectronic devices. However successful integration of NWs in devices will depend ultimately on the degree of control that can be obtained over structure and physical properties
• The subject of my thesis is structural and electronic characterization of silicon nanowires. My main research tool is the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The nanowires are grown using a liquid catalyst: the silicon gold eutectic or a solid catalyst. I have been working on the control of gold diffusion from the gold catalyst over the nanowire sidewall, indentification of crystalline defects in the nanowires and electrical characterization of undoped and partially doped nanowires by means of electron holography. I received my bachelor and master degree at the
University of Utrecht (the Netherlands)
Scientific publications *den Hertog, M.I.; Rouviere, J.L.; Dhalluin, F.; Gentile, P.; Ferret, P.; Baron, T. "Control of Gold Surface Diffusion on Si Nanowires"
Nanoletters
8 1544 (2008)
*den Hertog, M.I.; Rouviere, J.L.; Dhalluin, F.; Gentile, P.; Ferret, P.; Ternon, C.; Baron, T. "Gold Catalyzed Silicon Nanowires: Defects in the wires and Gold on the Wires". Proceeding MSM 2007 Camebridge
*Dhalluin, F.; Desré, P.J.; den Hertog, M.I.; Rouvière, J.L.; Ferret, P.; Gentil, P.; Baron, T. "Critical condition for growth of silicon nanowires"
J. Appl. Phys.,
102 094906 (2007)
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Curriculum Vitae Martien den Hertog