Master thesis onderwerpen 2021-2022
Ook tijdens de coronacrisis wordt er nog aan wetenschappelijk onderzoek gedaan. Vandaar dat onderstaande thesisonderwerpen uitvoerbaar blijven in academiejaar 2021-2022, zelfs met inachtneming van beperkende maatregelen. Dit geldt zowel voor de experimentele als theoretische/computationele onderwerpen. Aarzel niet om de promotoren te contacteren voor meer informatie!
The Department of Solid State Sciences offers several master thesis subjects every year. An overview of the topics for the academic year 2021-2022 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, you can watch their pitches here (only in Dutch).
CoCooN
(conformal coatings for nanomaterials, surface modification, surface physics, nano-electronics en energy applications)
Gaining fundamental insight in Atomic Layer Deposition
- In situ measurement techniques for atomic layer deposition: a big data approach
- 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
- Selector devices: key components in next-gen memory technology
- Atomic Layer Deposition for Tailoring Surface Properties on lab-on-a-chip devices
- Small and sensitive: multiple protection strategies for light emitting quantum dots
- Coatings with atomic precision for enabling the observation of Gravitational Waves
Materials for lithium-ion batteries for energy storage
- Atomic Layer Deposition of functional coatings for Lithium-ion batteries
- Protection of lithium anodes by atomic layer deposition of metal oxides
- Thin film technology for on-chip batteries
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
- Nanotechnology for stable and selective catalysts
DiSC
(study of defects in semiconductors)
- Defect engineering in UiO-66 following a combined experimental/theoretical approach
- Determining transition metal ion concentrations and valence state in lead silicate glasses using paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Far infrared spectroscopy of thin film chalcogenides for emerging memory technologies
- Identification of optically active trapping defects in persistent phosphors
DRAFT
(surface physics and thin films)
- Impact of impurities on thin film growth
- Computational and experimental determination of the deposition area
- Modelling reactive magnetron sputtering
DyNaMat
(dynamics of functional nanomaterials)
- A nanomagnetic realisation of a Brownian motor
- Multiscale modelling of thermally active artificial spin ice
- Imaging of domain and domain wall dynamics in antiferromagnets
- Accuracy improvement of medical images by accounting for magnetic nanoparticle dynamics
- Advanced multi-contrast techniques for pulsed magnetic particle imaging
EMR
(research of paramagnetic defects in solids)
- Defect engineering in UiO-66 following a combined experimental/theoretical approach
- Determining transition metal ion concentrations and valence state in lead silicate glasses using paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Far infrared spectroscopy of thin film chalcogenides for emerging memory technologies
- Identification of optically active trapping defects in persistent phosphors
LumiLab
(luminescence, optical spectroscopy, photocatalysis and switchable materials)
- Small and sensitive: multiple protection strategies for light emitting quantum dots
- Thermally stimulated luminescence for defect characterization in composites
- Lanthanide networks in luminescent materials: insights from Monte-Carlo simulations
- Microscopic investigation of redox processes in luminescent materials
- Quantum mechanical view on ultrafast scintillators
- A post-plasma photocatalytic reactor for air purification
- Near-infrared emitting luminescent materials for multimodal medical diagnostics
- Identification of optically active trapping defects in persistent phosphors
- Samarium sulfide (SmS) thin films: a sensitive pressure sensor with unlocked potential
- Gallium nitride illuminated