Delft University of Technology, NetherlandsKavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft

AREAS OF INQUIRY

• The electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties of molecules, assemblies of molecules and crystals of molecules.
• Fabrication of nanostructures, either top-down through electron-beam lithography or bottom-up through self-assembly from atoms or molecules.
• Advancing the technology of high-resolution electron microscopy for both study and fabrication.
• Studying biomolecules in order to understand the “nanomachinery” of proteins in cells and biological systems
• Developing new structures, such as nanopores and nanofluidic channels, to study biomolecules.
• Creating new devices based on the physics of photonic (light) and electronic waves at the nanoscale.
• Investigating spin transport, how the interplay between spin and charge of electrons determines the behavior of semiconducting and superconducting materials and electronic devices.
• Working toward quantum computing by understanding and controlling the quantum properties of structures such as superconducting rings, quantum dots, nanowires and carbon nanotubes.