PhD in Material Science

The material science group conducts researches of various materials in the form of thin films and nanostructures. Examples include perovskite transition metal oxides, transition metal dichalcogenides, wide bandgap semiconductors (ZnO and GaN, for example), topological insulators, organic and inorganic nanocomposites. The techniques involved include various high vacuum deposition systems (e.g., sputtering, thermal and e-beam evaporation, pulse laser ablation, chemical vapor deposition, and molecular-beam epitaxy), low temperature and high B field measurement facility, x-ray and electron diffraction, scanning probe microscopy, photoelectron and Auger electron spectroscopy, temperature dependent Hall, IV and CV measurements, UV/Vis/NIR spectrometers, etc.