2023- 2024 Research Highlights
Overview
Gerd Grau is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at York University. He received his BA and MEng from the University of Cambridge and his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2016. He has extensive experience fabricating semiconductor devices using printing technology with a focus on organic thin-film transistors. His expertise spans the study of fundamental printing physics, the development of new printing tools using microfabrication, the optimization of material properties through process innovations, and the integration of device process flows. His research is funded by NSERC, CIHR, Mitacs and industry collaboration.
Research Interests
- Semiconductor devices
- Microfabrication
- Printed electronics
- Additive manufacturing
Selected Publications
- Guest Editorial for Special Issue on Papers From 2023 IEEE International Conference on Flexible Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). T. N. Ng, M. Mäntysalo, S. Agarwala, B. Tee, W. S. Kim, & G. Grau. IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics, 3(5), 172-172, 2024.
- Inkjet-Printed Transistors with Coffee Ring Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. P. Naderi & G. Grau. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 9(1), 015001, 2024.
- Inkjet Printing on Hydrophobic Surface: Practical Implementation of Stacked Coin Strategy. M. J. Docherty, P. Naderi, G. Grau, K. Sefiane, & A. Amirfazli. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2400237, 2024.
- Pattern-Dependent Resistivity Variations in Inkjet-Printed Conductors Due to Non-Uniform Ink Drying. M. Ghalamboran, M. Nazeri, & G. Grau. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 9(1), 015011, 3, 2024.
- Sheet Resistance Prediction of Laser Induced Graphitic Carbon with Transformer Encoder-Enabled Contrastive Learning. Y. Wei, G. Grau, & D. Wu. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 1-15, 1, 2024.