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Thierry Conard

Thierry Conard

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Materials Science

D-Index
44
Citations
8205
World Ranking
12003
National Ranking
138

Overview

Thierry Conard is affiliated with Imec in Belgium and has a research portfolio focusing primarily on engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, surfaces, coatings and films, radiation, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Advancements in Photolithography Techniques
  • Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques
  • Copper Interconnects and Reliability
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis

Thierry Conard's recent papers cover a range of materials and applications. Selected recent publications include:

  • Properties of ultrathin molybdenum films for interconnect applications (2022) published in Materialia
  • Interface-Engineered Organic Near-Infrared Photodetector for Imaging Applications (2023) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Etching of GaN in KOH Solution: Role of Surface Polarity and Prior Photoetching (2022) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Critical Role of Perovskite Film Stoichiometry in Determining Solar Cell Operational Stability: a Study on the Effects of Volatile A-Cation Additives (2022) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Mean Free Path of Electrons in Organic Photoresists for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography in the Kinetic Energy Range 20-450 eV (2023) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

They frequently collaborate with a group of co-authors including I. Vaesen, A. Vanleenhove, C. Zborowski, I. Hoflijk, and Kateryna Artyushkova, reflecting sustained partnerships across multiple projects.

Thierry Conard's publications appear prominently in several journals, with the highest number of works in Surface Science Spectra, followed by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, and Applied Surface Science.

Best Publications

  • High-k dielectrics for future generation memory devices (Invited Paper)

    J. A. Kittl;K. Opsomer;M. Popovici;N. Menou

  • Nucleation and growth of atomic layer deposited HfO2 gate dielectric layers on chemical oxide (Si–O–H) and thermal oxide (SiO2 or Si–O–N) underlayers

    Martin Green;M.Y Ho;B Busch;G.D Wilk

  • Effective electrical passivation of Ge(100) for high-k gate dielectric layers using germanium oxide

    Annelies Delabie;Florence Bellenger;Michel Houssa;Thierry Conard

  • Characterization of ALCVD-Al2O3 and ZrO2 layer using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    H. Nohira;W. Tsai;W. Besling;E. Young

  • Ultra low-EOT (5 Å) gate-first and gate-last high performance CMOS achieved by gate-electrode optimization

    L.-A. Ragnarsson;Z. Li;J. Tseng;T. Schram

  • Organic and perovskite solar cells for space applications

    Ilaria Cardinaletti;Ilaria Cardinaletti;Tim Vangerven;Tim Vangerven;Steven Nagels;Steven Nagels;Rob Cornelissen

  • Island growth in the atomic layer deposition of zirconium oxide and aluminum oxide on hydrogen-terminated silicon: Growth mode modeling and transmission electron microscopy

    Riikka L. Puurunen;Wilfried Vandervorst;Wim F. A. Besling;Olivier Richard

  • Passivation of Ge ( 100 ) ∕ GeO2 ∕ high-κ Gate Stacks Using Thermal Oxide Treatments

    F. Bellenger;M. Houssa;A. Delabie;V. Afanasiev

  • Atomic layer deposition of hafnium oxide on germanium substrates

    Annelies Delabie;Riikka L. Puurunen;Bert Brijs;Matty Caymax

  • A study of the influence of typical wet chemical treatments on the germanium wafer surface

    Bart Onsia;Thierry Conard;Stefan De Gendt;Marc M. Heyns

  • Characterisation of ALCVD Al2O3–ZrO2 nanolaminates, link between electrical and structural properties

    W.F.A. Besling;E. Young;T. Conard;C. Zhao

  • Characterization of Cu surface cleaning by hydrogen plasma

    Mikhaïl Baklanov;Denis Shamiryan;Zsolt Tokei;Gerald Beyer

  • Deposition of HfO2 on germanium and the impact of surface pretreatments

    S. Van Elshocht;B. Brijs;M. Caymax;T. Conard

  • Dielectric properties of dysprosium- and scandium-doped hafnium dioxide thin films

    C. Adelmann;V. Sriramkumar;S. Van Elshocht;P. Lehnen

  • The conversion mechanism of amorphous silicon to stoichiometric WS2

    Markus H. Heyne;Markus H. Heyne;Jean-François de Marneffe;Thomas Nuytten;Johan Meersschaut

  • Interfacial properties of ZrO2 on silicon

    Y S. Lin;R Puthenkovilakam;J Chang;Charles E. Bouldin

  • Effect of hafnium germanate formation on the interface of HfO2/germanium metal oxide semiconductor devices

    S. Van Elshocht;M. Caymax;T. Conard;S. De Gendt

  • Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Two-Dimensional WS2 from WF6, H2 Plasma, and H2S

    Benjamin Groven;Markus Heyne;Ankit Nalin Mehta;Hugo Bender

  • Complex admittance analysis for La2Hf2O7/SiO2 high-κ dielectric stacks

    G. Apostolopoulos;G. Vellianitis;A. Dimoulas;J. C. Hooker

  • Low temperature deposition of 2D WS2 layers from WF6 and H2S precursors: impact of reducing agents

    A. Delabie;M. Caymax;B. Groven;M. Heyne

  • HfO2 as gate dielectric on Ge: interfaces and deposition techniques

    M. Caymax;S. Van Elshocht;M. Houssa;A. Delabie

  • Interface engineering for Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor devices

    A. Dimoulas;D.P. Brunco;S. Ferrari;Jin Won Seo

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