NANO Nanoscience & Technology me: Henk Swagten Applied Physics department NANO research groups • Physics of Nanostructures FNA • Molecular Materials and Nanosystems M2N • Molecular Biosensors for medical diagnostics MBx • Photonics & Semiconductor Nanophysics PSN • Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter TPS general NANO stuff • fundamentals of modern (bio/nano)materials semiconducting, magnetic, molecular, polymeric, bio … • forefront (functional) technology ICT, biomedical engineering, energy sector, … • fueled by bio/nanotechnology ‘shaping the world atom-by-atom’ • dense research network cNM, NanoNext, Zwaartekracht, Philips, FEI, … Your Master’s in NANO is … • learning about modern ‘forefront’ materials … preparation, state-of-the-art (nano) characterization … • physical, bio-chemical phenomena & analysis … by experimental and theoretical (comput.) techniques … • assessing (future) devices implementation … to master the full “chain-of-knowledge” … Your (NANO) facilities are … SPECTRUM FEI-FIB NanoNed SPECTRUM clean-rooms embedding / Nanolab NL SPECTRUM SPM-platforms many many state-of-the-art experimental & modeling tools Your NANO compulsory courses 1. condensed matter @ nanoscale 2. biomolecules & soft matter Your NANO electives • Advanced developments and modeling of nano-spintronics • Landau theory and the statics and dynamics of phase transitions • Semiconductor nanophysics • Magnetic (nano)materials • Molecular photophysics • Biophysical techniques • Molecular biosensing • Organic Electronics • Polymer Physics • Nanophotonics Physics of Nanostructures Bert Koopmans Henk Swagten Jürgen Kohlhepp Oleg Kurnosikov spintronics fascinated by spin processes in magnetic nanostructures & devices close link Fundamental Science & Applications nanometers femtoseconds “nieuwe racetrack memory van IBM vol met fundamentele fysica, supercool nanotechnologisch speelgoed!” Pascal Haazen Spin Hall effect: nieuw fysica toegepast DW beweging ~4 mT M Molecular Materials & Nanosystems Create, characterize, and understand molecular materials, polymers and nanostructures, assembly into larger architectures or devices for novel physical phenomena M2N’s expertise: new materials – optical spectroscopy – advanced scanning probe techniques – device fabrication and modeling René Janssen spectroscopy - devices - new materials Kees Flipse IETS of molecular surfaces Peter Bobbert theory and device modeling Stefan Meskers spectroscopy - memories Martijn Wienk solar cells - device fabrication light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEC) 120 µm Maturová & Kemerink Nature Materials 2009 Stefan van Reenen Molecular Biosensing for medical diagnostics (MBx) Dr. Leo van IJzendoorn Dr. Peter Zijlstra Prof.dr. Menno Prins Dr. Arthur de Jong nano-physics plasmonics magnetics microscopies fluorescence modelling bio-Nano materials proteins nano-micro particles DNA enzymes molecular function applications near-patient testing blood diagnostics on-body in-body monitoring Molecular Biosensing for medical diagnostics (MBx) magnetic torque tweezers gold nanoparticles tethered particle motion single-molecule microscopy atomic force microscopy Photonics & Semiconductor Nanophysics manipulating (single) charges, spins and photons in nanostructured semiconductors J.E.M. Haverkort solar cells full professors: R.W. van der Heijden photonic & sensors A. Fiore nanophotonics A.Y. Silov optical spectroscopy E. Bakkers semiconductor nanowires P.M. Koenraad semiconductor nanophysics Ultrafast control of cavity QED Discovery Majorana: TU/e nanowires InP InGaAsP InP 10 mm * 10 mm Nature Nano. 2014 Science 2012 photonic crystal Joost van Bree Nature Physics 2010, Physical Review B “I was very much excited by the advanced experiments and the intensive interaction with important theorists!” Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter theoretical research of soft and bio-materials >> forefront in nanomaterials science & technology << • analytical theory, numerical and computational physics • collaborations: validation, application, international network • problem rather than method oriented Wouter Ellenbroek Responsive soft matter Alexey Lyulin Multiscale dynamics of polymers Paul van der Schoot Self-assembly of soft- and biomatter Kees Storm Function and soft mechanics of biomaterials (with ICMS) focus on the “microstructure-dynamics-properties”- triangle Stretching DNA & the influence of intercalators intercalator force-extension measurements of DNA at different intercalator concentrations DNA Koen Schakenraad our statistical mechanical theory! Networks within NANO physics of biomolecules and colloids bio-nano technology theory semiconductors organic spintronics UHV-STM epi.surfaces spintronics magneto-optics exp/theory biomatter organic spintronics theory micrsocopy org.semiconductors quantum dots organic transport polymer solar cells interactions in soft matter Life after Master’s, your future ? • • • • fundamentals + (nano/bio)engineering very attractive for high-tech industry! perfect starting point for PhD project many other career options …