In the new collaborative research center (CRC) 1719 “ChemPrint – the next generation of printed semiconductors: Engineering on the atomic level using molecular surface chemistry”, researchers at FAU are investigating how to improve the manufacturing processes and quality of semiconductors under specific physical and chemical conditions. Semiconductor materials are used mainly in computers and mobile phones, but also in solar cells. The speaker of the CRC is Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann from the Chair of Chemistry of Thin Film Materials.

The CRC is planning to develop printable semiconductor materials using tailored chemical synthesis and deposition processes. In contrast to conventional methods of deposition from the gas phase, the aim of this project is to develop a deposition process using a liquid solution under mild conditions. In this way, researchers hope to transfer the chemical syntheses that can usually be well controlled to surfaces. They want to find out which materials are suitable for this newly-developed chemical process, which defects can be expected in the regular structures and how they can be minimized, and which characteristics arise from the presence of defects or may even be suitable for specific purposes.

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