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"Crystal Growth of Advanced Materials" Homepage of Prof. Dr. M. Bickermann

Research interest

  1. Melt and flux growth of oxides and fluorides for optical, piezoelectric and laser crystals, and as substrates for novel electronic devices.
  2. Growth and characterization of wide-bandgap semiconductor bulk crystals. These crystals are used as substrate material in semiconductor technology.
  3. Growth and characterization technologies, correlation between preparation and properties of bulk single crystals in a general sense.
gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(Overview on granted projects) Member of Fachkollegium 406 (material science)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum e.V.
Member since 2010
IGAFA e.V.
Initiativ­gemeinschaft außer­univer­si­tärer Forschungs­institute in Adlershof

Member of the board since 2015
BR50-Logo I was co-founding Berlin Research 50
Advanced UV for Life - BMBF 20zwanzig Consortium
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Workshop on Oxide, Dielectric, and Laser Crystals

IRIS Berlin, Sep 21-22, 2023
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Periodic Low-Dimensional Defect Structures in Polar Oxides

Summer school on polar oxides, IKZ Berlin, Sep 6-8, 2023
IWUMD 2023 Metz logo
Int. Workshop on UV Materials and Devices, June 5-8, 2023

Program committee member
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International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy

Naples, July 30-Aug 4, 2023
Program committee member
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International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors

Fukuoka, Nov 14-19, 2023
Program committee member
III-Nitride Ultraviolet Emitters - Technology & Applications, M. Kneissl and J. Rass (eds.), Springer Series in Material Science 227, Springer Verlag 2016
Read my Book chapter on AlN bulk crystal growth in
III-Nitride Ultraviolet Emitters, Springer Verlag 2016
Elsevier Handbook of Crystal Growth, 2nd Ed., Vol. 2A+2B
Read my book chapter on bulk crystal growth of SiC and AlN in the Elsevier Handbook of Crystal Growth, 2nd Ed., Vol. 2A
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Leibniz-Wissenschaftscampus GraFOx
Growth and Fundamentals of Oxides for Electronic Applications
Journal of Crystal Growth
JCG Editor since 2020
Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials
PCGCM Assoc. Editor since 2014

Last changes on this homepage: May 18, 2023

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