Master thesis subjects 2025-2026
The Department of Solid State Sciences offers several master thesis subjects every year. An overview of the topics for the academic year 2025-2026 is listed below. Click on a subject to see more details and don't hesitate to contact us if you have further questions. Some of the topics were highlighted by several of our PhD students, and you can watch their pitches (only in Dutch).
CoCooN
(conformal coatings for nanomaterials, surface modification, surface physics, nano-electronics en energy applications)
Gaining fundamental insight in Atomic Layer Deposition
- A novel approach to the deposition of transparent conductive coatings
- In situ measurement techniques for atomic layer deposition: a big data approach
- Coatings with atomic precision for enabling the observation of Gravitational Waves
- Monte Carlo modelling of gas transport and thin film deposition in complex structures
Materials for nano-electronics and sensors
- Atomic Layer Deposition of Cobalt for applications in the semiconductor industry
- Small and sensitive: multiple protection strategies for light emitting quantum dots
- Characterisation of smart glass: pushing towards sustainable windows
- Selector devices: key components in next-gen memory technology
Materials for lithium-ion batteries for energy storage
- Thin film technology for on-chip batteries
- Atomic Layer Deposition of functional coatings for Lithium-ion batteries
- Protection of lithium anodes by atomic layer deposition of metal oxides
Materials for electrolysis of hydrogen as sustainable energy carrier
- Atomic layer deposition of metal sulphides for energy applications
- Surface physics of electrodes for green hydrogen production
DiSC
(study of defects in semiconductors and research of paramagnetic defects in solids)
- Active Eu-centers in radiation dosimeter materials
- Developing a Versatile Photochromic Indicator for Personal X-ray Dosimetry and UV Indexing
- Material characterization of strain relaxed SiGe templates for quantum computing and optical devices
DRAFT
(surface physics and thin films)
DyNaMat
(dynamics of functional nanomaterials)
- Driving domain walls in antiferromagnet with surface acoustic waves.
- Spin wave propagation in polycrystalline antiferromagnets
LumiLab
(luminescence, optical spectroscopy, photocatalysis and switchable materials)
- A novel luminescence-based thermal imaging method
- Developing a Versatile Photochromic Indicator for Personal X-ray Dosimetry and UV Indexing
- Lighting the Way: Radioluminescent Nanoparticles for Smarter Dosimetry
- Small and sensitive: multiple protection strategies for light emitting quantum dots
- A post-plasma photocatalytic reactor for air purification
- Active Eu-centers in radiation dosimeter materials
- Near-Infrared emitting nanoparticles for medical imaging applications
- Quantifying light pollution in the wider Ghent area
- Visualizing vibrational Chladni patterns by means of mechanoluminescent materials