News from the Lab
Naomi Pieczulewski and Kathleen T. Smith report achieving consistently low contact resistance in non-alloyed Ti/Au ohmics to β-Ga2O3 – Editor’s pick
"Achieving 0.05 Ω-mm contact resistance in non-alloyed Ti/Au ohmics to β-Ga2O3 by removing surface carbon," authored by Naomi Pieczulewski and Kathleen T. Smith et al., was selected as the Editor's pick in APL Materials. Through detailed characterization of interface...
Chuan Chang receives award from EMC
PhD student Chuan Chang won the 2025 EMC Best Student Presentation Award for his presentation titled "Quantum oscillations of holes in GaN: a direct metrology of GaN’s valence bands and hole transport". https://2025.emc-conference.org/emc-student-awards
Eungkyun Kim receives 2025 KIC Graduate Fellowship
EK Kim, currently a PhD student in ECE, has been awarded the 2025 KIC Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations on all your hard work!
Prof. Amano returns to Cornell as a Mary Upson Visiting Professor
Prof. Amano has enjoyed himself interacting with faculty and students, learning more about Cornell and the neighborhood. He delivered a MSE Seminar and IEEE EDS Seminar. Also, he enjoyed the sakura on campus (mid to late April in Ithaca), the award-winning dining...
Another Successful Year: View our 2024 Newsletter Here
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The central research theme in our group is to develop electronic grade semiconductors and understand the fundamental limits of these materials and their applications. The essential scientific tools our group uses include epitaxy, basic material characterizations, transport theory and experiments, device theory and experiments.