University of Liverpool

Contact person:

Dr I.Z. Mitrovic

University of Liverpool

Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Brownlow Hill

Liverpool, L69 3GJ

United Kingdom

Ranked in the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide, University of Liverpool is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of the UK’s leading research universities. Since its royal charter in 1903, the University of Liverpool is also known to be one of the six original ‘red brick’ civic universities. It comprises three faculties organised into 35 departments and schools. The university has 33,000 students, 7,500 of whom travel from all over the world to study here, and 211,000 alumni in 171 countries.

The university is the largest provider of 100% online postgraduate degree courses in Europe with over 10,000 students studying for Liverpool degrees around the world.

The university was the first in the UK to establish an autonomous university in China. The Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, a partnership with Xi’an Jiaotong University and Laureate Online Education, opened in 2006 in the city of Suzhou, eastern China, and now has a student population of 8,000.

Equipment / Facilities

Processing platform

ALD

CVD

MBE

RF sputtering

Laser ablation micro/nano-fabrication

Modelling platform

SILVACO

CADENCE

Characterization platform

VASE

XRD

AFM

XPS

IPES

TEM

electrical characterization (CV, TDIV)

Expertise

		Main Expertises
Beyond CMOS	Neuromorphic Computing	x
	Phonon engineering	x
	Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS	x
	Alternative materials-2D layers	x
	Novel devices for ultra-low power	x
	1D	x
	Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics	x
More Moore	Logic Nanodevices& circuits	Design for Test (DFT) architectures, 3D circuits, reliability Novel hardware security solutions Process, Voltage and Temperature (PVT) Variation Aware Test
	Memories	ReRAM, ALD processed dielectrics and characterization
	Very low power devices	x
	High temperature electronics	x
More than Moore	micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems	Nanowire Sensors (detect changes in surface potential) Compact On-Chip Fluorescence by combining wafer bonding and microfluidics DNA electronics (single molecule and polymers) Surface chemistry for bio-sensors Bacterial and Fungal Bio-Simulation Molecular Motors (Myosin-Actin)
	Energy Harvesting	Materials and devices for energy harvesting using rectenna technology Materials for PV
	RF devices & circuits	Antennas and rf power devices & technology
	Photonics devices	Utilizing semiconductor optoelectronic devices / systems to realize compact Lab-on-chip equivalents for bio- and chemical sensors
	Power devices	Oxides and interfaces on GaN: materials characterization
	Flexible electronics	Development of low-cost flexible organic circuits for use as key functional block in various mixed signal applications i.e. sensors and displays Organic physical device modelling
Smart systems& Systems design	Smart systems	Utilizing semiconductor optoelectronic devices / systems to realize compact Lab-on-chip equivalents for bio- and chemical sensors Dielectrophoresis; characterisation of cells and nanoparticles; automated bioreactors; biomimetic cell culture, microfluidic cell handling
Smart systems& Systems design	Systems design	x

Research interests

		Research interests
Beyond CMOS	Neuromorphic Computing	x
	Phonon engineering	x
	Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS	x
	Alternative materials-2D layers	x
	Novel devices for ultra-low power	x
	1D	x
	Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics	x
More Moore	Logic Nanodevices& circuits	VLSI design, reliability Mixed signal design
	Memories	ReRAM
	Very low power devices	x
	High temperature electronics	x
More than Moore	micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems	Biosensors Nanowire sensors Insole gait sensors for healthcare applications
	Analogue devices	Use of ReRAM for analogue applications
	Energy Harvesting	Rectenna technology Photovoltaics
	RF devices & circuits	x
	Photonics devices	Optoelectronic devices
	Power devices	Power electronics (GaN HEMTs, SiC)
	Flexible electronics	Smart integrated sensors Smart organic PV
Smart systems& Systems design	Smart systems	Bio/nano-engineering and low cost Lab-on-chip solutions
Smart systems& Systems design	Systems design	x