Breaking Barriers in Oxide Nanoelectronics: Advancements in In Situ/Operando TEM Studies

Prof. Dr. Leopoldo Molina-Luna
Advanced Electron Microscopy Division,
TU Darmstadt, Germany

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies of nanoelectronic devices (such as memristors) present an invaluable opportunity to enhance our understanding of their functionality, which could ultimately lead to significant improvements in their performance. However, their structure-property correlations may be obscured when the devices are not under the influence of external stimuli. Prof. Molina-Luna will present the advancements he has made in in situ and operando approaches in the TEM which were developed in close collaboration with industry developing dedicated TEM sample holders. His research group at TU Darmstadt made significant contributions to the field of operando electrical testing in the TEM requiring the development of sophisticated sample preparation routines to maintain functionality of the devices while being thinned down to electron transparency. After handling this significant obstacle, the future work will focus on advanced TEM techniques (such as 4D-STEM and electron beam induced current (EBIC)) including machine learning, with the objective to identify the optimal design of these in situ/operando experiments.

CRC 1461: Neurotronics
Colloquium: 26-September-2024_31, Thursday, 9:30 am to 11:30 am (CET)
The colloquium will start at 10:00 am (!!)

The colloquium will be held as a HYBRID:
You can join in person at the Faculty of Engineering (Kiel University), Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, building C, room 03.025 (Kolloquium) or via this

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Invited by Ole Gronenberg, referral by Lorenz Kienle
Kiel University, Faculty of Engineering

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