Collaborative
Research Projects with SMA-MIT Fellows
Advanced Materials for High-Energy/Power
Density Lithium Batteries
Journal Publications
- Meng Y. S., Ceder G., Grey C .P., Yoon
W.-S. & Shao-Horn Y.,“ Understanding the Crystal Structure of Layered LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 by
Electron Diffraction and Powder Diffraction Simulation”,
Electrochemical
and Solid-State Letters 7(6) (2004) (in press).
- Meng Y. S., Wu Y. W., Hwang B. J., Y.
Li & Ceder G., “Combining Ab-Initio
Computation with Experiments for Designing New Electrode Materials
for Advanced Lithium Batteries: LiNi1/3Fe1/6Co1/6Mn1/3O2”,
Journal of
the Electrochemical Society (2004) (in press).
Conference Publications
- Meng Y. S., Li Y. & Ceder G., “Microstructures
and Electrochemical Properties of Aluminum-Based
Metallic Glass as New Anode Material in Lithium
Ion Batteries”, Lithium Battery Discussion
LiBD, Arcachon, France, 14-19 September 2003.
- Meng Y. S., Ceder G., Carlier D., Gorman
J. P., Grey C.P., Yoon W.-S.& Shao-Horn
Y., “The Structure of Li(Ni1/2Mn1/2)O2
and Li[NixLi1/3-2x/3Mn2/ 3-x/3]O2: Ab initio
Computations and Experiments”, Arcachon,
France, 14-19 September 2003.
- Meng Y. S., Wu Y. W., Hwang B. J., Li
Y. & Ceder G., “Combining Ab-Initio
Computation with Experiments for Designing
New Electrode Materials for Advanced Lithium
Batteries”, Materials Research Society
MRS, Boston, USA, 1-5 December 2003.
- Meng Y. S., Ceder G., Grey C. P. & Shao-Horn
Y., “Cation Ordering and Stacking Sequences
in Li[NixLi1/3-2x/3Mn2/3-x/3]O2, International
Battery Association Meeting, Graz, Austria,
18-22 April 2004.
- Ceder G., Meng Y. S., Shao-Horn Y. & Grey
C. P., “Ordering in Li[NixLi1/3- 2x/3Mn2/3-x/3]O2
Systems: Theory and Experiment”, 12th
International Meeting on Lithium Batteries,
Nara, Japan, 27 June-2 July 2004.
- Shao-Horn Y., Meng Y. S., Ceder G., Grey
C. P. & Gorman J., “Understanding
the Superstructures of Layered O3 Li[NixLi1/3-2x/3Mn2/3-x/3]O2
Compounds”, 12th International Meeting
on Lithium Batteries, Nara, Japan, 27 June-
2 July 2004.
Bulk Metallic Glasses and their Mechanical
Properties
Conference Publication
Tan H., Zhang Y. & Li Y., “La-Al-Cu-Ni Bulk Metallic
Glass Composite”, Bulk Metallic Glasses (Bulk Amorphous
Alloys) II Conference, Keelung, Taiwan, 22-30 March 2002.
Carbon Nanotubes
Journal Publication
Oon C. H., Thong J. T. L., Lei Y. & Chim W. K., “High-Resolution
Atomic Force Microscope Nanotip Grown by Self-Field Emission”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 81, pp. 3037 (2002).
Conference Publication
Lei Y., Thong J. T. L., Yeong K. S., Teo L. W., Chim W. K. & Choi
W. K., “Highly Ordered Free-Standing Carbon Nanotube Arrays
on Silicon”, Proceedings of The International Conference
on Carbon in 2002, Beijing, China, 15-20 September 2002.
Copper Reliability
Journal Publications
- Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L.,
Choi W. K., Tay H. L., Yu B.& Radhakrishnan
M. K., “Effect of Current Direction
on the Lifetime of
Different Levels of Cu Dual-Damascene Metallization”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 79, pp. 4592 (2001).
- Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L. & Choi
W. K., “Experimental Characterization
and Modeling of the Reliability of 3-Terminal
Dual-Damascene Cu Interconnect Trees”,
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 94, No.
2, pp. 1222-1228 (2003).
Conference Publications
- Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L., Choi W. K., Wei F., Yu B. & Hau-Riege
S. P., “Experimental Characterization of the Reliability of 3-Terminal Dual-Damascene Copper Interconnect Tress”, Proceedings of MRS Spring 2002 Meeting.
- Wei F., Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Clement J. J., Hau-Riege S. P., Pey K.
L., Choi W. K., Tay H. L., Yu B. & Radhakrishnan M. K., “Length Effects on
the Reliability of Dual-Damascene Cu Interconnects”, Proceedings of MRS
Spring 2002 Meeting.
- Gan C. L., Wei F., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L., Choi W. K. & Yu B., “ Consequence of Preferential Void Formation at the Cu/Si3N4 Interface on the Multiple Failure Mechanisms of Cu Dual-Damascene Metallization”, presented at IPFA2002.
- Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L., Choi W. K., Chang C. W. & Guo Q.,“ Effect of Current Direction on the Reliability of Multi-Terminal Cu Dual-Damascene Interconnect Trees”, Proceedings of IEEE IRPS2003, pp.
594-595.
- Gan C. L., Wei F., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L., Choi W. K., Hau-Riege S. P.& Yu B., “Contrasting Failure Characteristics of Different Levels of Cu Dual-Damascene Metallization”, 2002 European Symposium on Reliability of
Electron Devices, Failure Physics and Analysis, Rimini, Italy, 9 October 2002.
- Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L., Choi W. K., Chang C. W. & Guo Q.,“ Experimental Characterization of the Reliability of Multi-Terminal Dual-Damascene Copper Interconnect Trees”, MRS 2003, Vol. 766.
- Chang C. W., Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L. & Choi W. K, “ Observation of Joule-Heating-Assisted Electromigration Failure Mechanisms for Dual Damascene Cu/SiO2 Interconnects”, Proceedings of IEEE IPFA2003, pp. 69-74.
- Chang C. W., Gan C. L., Thompson C. V., Pey K. L., Choi W. K. & Hwang N.“ Mortality Dependence of Cu Dual Damascene Interconnects on Adjacent
Segment”, to be presented at MRS’04 Spring meeting, 13-15 April 2004.
Graded InGaN Buffers for Strain Relaxation in InGaN/GaN Epilayers Grown on Sapphire Substrate
Journal Publications
- Song T. L., Chua S. J., Fitzgerald E. A., Chen P. & Tripathy S., “Strain Relaxation in Graded InGaN/GaN Epilayers Grown on Sapphire”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 83, No. 8, pp. 1545-1547(2003).
- Song T. L., Chua S. J., Fitzgerald E. A., Chen P. & Tripathy S., “ Characterization of Graded InGaN/GaN Epilayers Grown on Sapphire”, Journal Vacuum Science and Technology, Vol. A 22(2), pp. 287-292 (2004).
Germanium Nanocrystal Growth and its Applications in Electronic Devices
Journal Publications
- Choi W. K., Chim W. K., Heng C. L., Teo L. W., Ho V., Ng V., Antoniadis D. A. & Fitzgerald E. A., “Observation of Memory Effect in Germanium Nanocrystals Embedded in an Amorphous Silicon Oxide Matrix of a Metal-Insulator-
Semiconductor Structure”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 80, No. 11, pp. 2014 (2002).
- Teo L. W., Choi W. K., Chim W. K., Ho V., Tay M. S., Heng C. L., Lei Y., Antoniadis D. A. & Fitzgerald E. A., “Size Control and Charge Storage Mechanism of Germanium Nanocrystals in a Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Structure”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 81, No. 19, pp. 3639 (2002).
- Teo L. W., Choi W. K., Chim W. K., Ho V., Moey C. H., Tay M. S., Heng C. L., Lei Y., Antoniadis D. A. & Fitzgerald E. A., “Size Control and Charge Storage Mechanism of Germanium Nanocrystals in a Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Structure”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 81, No. 19, pp. 3639-3641 (2002).
- Ho V., Tay M. S., Moey C. H., Teo L. W., Choi W. K., Chim W. K., Heng C. L. & Lei Y., “Electrical Characterization of a Trilayer Germanium Nanocrystal Memory Devices”, Microelectronic Engineering, Vol. 66, pp. 33-38 (2003).
- Heng C. L., Teo L. W., Ho V., Tay M. S., Lei Y., Choi W. K. & Chim W. K., “ Effects of Rapid Thermal Annealing Time and Ambient Measurement Temperature on the Charge Storage Capability of a SiO2/Pure Ge/Rapid Thermal Oxide Memory Structure”, Microelectronic Engineering, Vol. 66, pp. 218-223 (2003).
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