Yves Chabal
Department Head, Professor and Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics
chabal@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-5751
Office: RL 3.748
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: BSB11
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Education
Postdoc, Surface Physics Department, Bell Labs, 1980-81
PhD Physics, Cornell University, 1980
AB Physics, Princeton University, 1974
Overview
In our laboratory, we use (and in some cases develop) optical spectroscopic and imaging techniques to explore elementary processes at surfaces and interfaces of technologically important electronic, photonic, organic and more recently biological heterostructures. For instance, we have been leading the implementation of infrared absorption spectroscopy to develop a detailed mechanistic understanding of semiconductor surface cleaning (both by wet and dry techniques), passivation, and chemical functionalization. In particular, we have devised sensitive, in-situ methods to probe the interaction of chemical species with surfaces and the formation of thin dielectric films using a variety of methods based on wet chemistry, ultra-high vacuum (UHV) and vapor deposition. We are also probing the interaction of hydrogen in a variety of environments, most recently in storage materials for the hydrogen fuel economy.
Research Interests
- Microelectronics
- Optoelectronics
- H2 storage for hydrogen fuel economy
- Organic electronics
- Nanoelectronics
- Biosensors and graphene