The European Ceramic Society
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Netherlands
Inorganic Materials Science
research group devoted to thin film growth studies, (nano)structuring techniques, properties of complex materials, in particular oxides, for applications in emerging nanoelectronics and energy conversion & storage technologies
Director : prof.dr.ing. A.J.H.M. (Guus) Rijnders
Email : a.j.h.m.rijnders@utwente.nl
Phone : +31-53-4892860
Address : University of Twente P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Website : https://www.utwente.nl/en/tnw/ims/
Research topics :
- Nanoelectronic materials: complex materials, mostly used for nano-electronics, focussing on artificial materials, functional and smart materials for devices, and in-situ characterization of film growth and interface processes.
Contact information:
Contact name : prof.dr.ing. A.J.H.M. (Guus) Rijnders
Tel : +31-53-4892618
Email: a.j.h.m.rijnders@utwente.nl
- Physics of complex inorganic nano-materials: designing oxide materials for advanced materials experiments and novel applications, focussing on in situ spectroscopy of oxide thin films, oxide thin film templates and oxide thin film growth.
Contact information:
Contact name : prof.dr.ir. G. (Gertjan) Koster
Tel : +31-53-4894710
Email: g.koster@utwente.nl
- Inorganic and hybrid nanomaterials chemistry: research on the design and fabrication of new hybrid and inorganic nanomaterials via chemical synthesis, with emphasis on functional thin films, micropatterns and low-dimensional nanostructures.
Contact information:
Contact name : prof.dr.ir. J.E. (André) ten Elshof
Tel : +31-53-4892695
Email: j.e.tenelshof@utwente.nl
- Nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage: develop new materials towards improved energy applications, such as solid-state batteries and thermoelectric energy generators.
Contact information:
Contact name : prof.dr.ir. M. (Mark) Huijben
Tel : +31-53-4893689
Email: m.huijben@utwente.nl
- Optoelectronic materials: controlled synthesis, development and understanding of novel materials and thin films with functional optical and electrical properties, focussed on transparent conducting oxides, p-type transparent material discovery and hybrid and full-inorganic halide perovskites.
Contact information:
Contact name : dr. M. (Monica) Morales Masis
Tel : +31-53-4891791
Email: m.moralesmasis@utwente.nl
- Photonic materials for light-energy conversion: focussing on photovoltaics, nanophysics and light-matter interaction.
Contact information:
Contact name : dr. R. (Rebecca) Saive
Tel : +31-53-4898283
Email: r.saive@utwente.nl
Exceptional facilities :
- 6 Pulsed Laser Deposition tools, research and industrial grade with atomic rate control (RHEED) for oxides and halide perovskites; in situ chemical characterisation (XPS and AFM); high resolution thin film XRD (XRR, RSM), lab micro XRD (XRR, spatial resolved diffraction, 3D-RSM), MESA+-Nanolab
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: ERC, Horizon 2020, Marie Curie, ERA Net
- Regional fundings: EFRO, Operational Programme Oost-Nederland
- National fundings : NWO, TKI-HTSM, TTW, NWA
Latest news
2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!
In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.
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