Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering

Nanoscience and Advanced Materials

The Nanoscience and Advanced Materials group is part of the Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University. The group is located in the nanofabrication research center Micronova. Research is mainly funded by external sources, especially Business Finland, Research Council of Finland, EU and industry.
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The group focuses on the research of nanomaterials, nanostructures, and advanced materials for use especially in nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. 

Our current research topics include

-     2D materials
-     Nanofabrication
-     Energy harvesting
-     Neuromorphic devices
-     Quantum materials

Recent PhD dissertations:

•    Kirill Isakov (2021): Grass-Like Aluminum Oxide: Fabrication and Applications
•    Maria Kim (2021): Flexible Platform for Next-generation Electronics
•    Henrik Mäntynen (2022): Nanophotonics with Group III-V Compound Semiconductor Nanowires
•    Jose Rosa (2022): Red-emitting Phosphor Fabrication by Atomic Layer Deposition
•    Abde Shafi (2023): Photonic and Electronic Characterization of Two-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
•    Heli Seppänen (2024): Plasma-enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Nitride: Characteristics and Applications
 

Nanotechnology Group

Latest publications

Effect of Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 nanoparticle coatings for thermoelectric enhancement of GaN epitaxial layer

Anil Chazhoor Asokan, Priyanka Goel, Vigneselvan Sivasubramaniyam, Ramesh Raju, Ilkka Tittonen, Harri Lipsanen 2026 Applied Surface Science

Comparison of different Zr deposition techniques on CNT thin films

F. Fiorentino, M. Todaro, U. Lo Cicero, L. Sciortino, E. Alaimo, F. D'Anca, G. Di Cicca, S. Varisco, A. Gulizzi, C. Saitta, P. T. Torma, B. Haq, H. Lipsanen, M. Barbera 2026 Il Nuovo Cimento C

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Nanoporous Silicon Electrodes for Solid-State Lithium-Ion Cells

Andrea Macrelli, Graziano Di Donato, Shuang Li, Amogne Workie Yibeltal, Jianneng Liang, Maider Zarrabeitia, Alberto Varzi, Andrea Li Bassi 2026 ChemSusChem

Miniaturized spectral sensing with a tunable optoelectronic interface

Xiaoqi Cui, Fedor Nigmatulin, Lei Wang, Igor Reduto, Andreas C. Liapis, Mingde Du, Md Gius Uddin, Shafi Abde Mayeen, Faisal Ahmed, Yi Zhang, Hoon Hahn Yoon, Harri Lipsanen, Seppo Honkanen, Timo Aalto, Zongyin Yang, Tawfique Hasan, Weiwei Cai, Zhipei Sun 2025 Science Advances

High-performance, self-powered photodetectors based on vertically stacked van der Waals heterostructures toward bifacial photovoltaics

Er Xiong Ding, Anastasios Karakassides, Yaoqiang Zhou, Ruihuan Fang, Fida Ali, Esko I. Kauppinen, Zhipei Sun, Harri Lipsanen 2025 Nano Energy

High-performance field-effect transistors with semiconducting-rich single-walled carbon nanotube bundle

Abu Taher Khan, Nan Wei, Otto Salmela, Kimmo Mustonen, Yongping Liao, Aqeel Hussain, Er Xiong Ding, Md Gius Uddin, Hua Jiang, Yutaka Ohno, Esko I. Kauppinen 2025 Carbon

High-responsivity InSe/TaSe2 photodetectors integrated on low-loss silicon nitride waveguides

Maaz Ahmed Qureshi, Fooqia Khalid, Md Gius Uddin, Abde Mayeen Shafi, Isaac Doughan, Janvit Tippinit, Faisal Ahmed, Xiaoqi Cui, Matthieu Roussey, Harri Lipsanen, Zhipei Sun, Markku Kuittinen 2025 Nanoscale Advances

Ultracompact on-chip coiled waveguide-integrated photodetectors enabled by 2D materials with enhanced responsivity

Maaz Ahmed Qureshi, Fooqia Khalid, Janvit Tippinit, Faisal Ahmed, Md Gius Uddin, Abde Mayeen Shafi, Xiaoqi Cui, Matthieu Roussey, Zhipei Sun, Harri Lipsanen, Markku Kuittinen 2025 Nanoscale

Enhanced 2D MoTe2 Analogue Switching through Laser Processing and ALD-Passivation for Dual-Function Neuromorphic Devices

Mohamed Radwan, Seyed Hossein Hosseini-Shokouh, Abde Mayeen Shafi, Catarina Dias, Fooqia Khalid, Shreya Rajeevan, Henri Hyttinen, Fida Ali, Faisal Ahmed, Zhipei Sun, Harri Lipsanen 2025 Nano Letters

Graphene Nanosheet-Gold Nanopatch Metasurfaces for Nonlinear Response at THz Frequencies

Anna Theodosi, Isaac Appiah Otoo, Anastasios D. Koulouklidis, Nikolaos Matthaiakakis, George Kakarantzas, Petri Mustonen, Harri Lipsanen, Georgy Fedorov, Ioannis Liontos, Stelios Tzortzakis, Polina Kuzhir, Maria Kafesaki, Odysseas Tsilipakos 2025 ACS Applied Nano Materials
More information on our research in the Aalto research portal.
Research portal

Contact:
Professor Harri Lipsanen
Email: harri.lipsanen at aalto.fi
Tel.: +358 50 4339 740

Postal address:
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
P.O. Box 13500, 00076 Aalto, Finland

Visiting address:
Micronova, 4th floor, room 4186
Tietotie 3, 02150 Espoo

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