Research
The Materials Science and Applications Group has 4 main directions for research: Crystal Growth, Detector fabrication, Materials  Characterization, Detector Evaluation and Applications.
Crystal Growth
(for more details click here)
We have grown successfully
SrI2Â
  
and some chalcopyrites:Â LiInSe2Â , LiGaSe2Â , LiGaTe2Â , AgGa1-xInxSe2Â , AgGaGe3Se8
  
   
LiGaSe2 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â AgGa1-xInxSe2Â , Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â AgGaGe3Se8 Â Â
as grown on Fisk
Detector Fabrication
Fabrication Process consists on: Cutting, Polishing, Etching, Photolitography, Contact deposition. For details about each step of detector fabrication click on the name of the process above.
     
     Students involved in detector fabrication process.
Material  Characterization
We have capabilities to characterize all the crystals that we are growing in our group and other crystals such as CZT, grown by our partners .
The characterization process includes tests of electrical, optical, radiation detection properties. For details about each step of characterization click on the name of the test above.
Detector Evaluation and Applications
Alpha and Gamma ray spectroscopy
X-ray Fluorescence