Ongoing collaborations

• Prof. A. Darwish (Dillard University, New Orleans, USA) 

Joint research on hybrid oxide/polymer and semiconducting/polymer thermoelectric thin films

• Prof. M. A. Lopez de la Torre Hidalgo (University of Castilla - La Mancha, Spain) 

Joint research on oxide thermoelectric thin films, focusing on annealing effects on structural and thermoelectric properties

• Prof. Takao Mori and Dr. Cedric Bourges (NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan)

Joint research on oxide, alloys, and paper-based thermoelectrics 

• Prof. Tsunehiro Takeuchi, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan

Collaboration on characterization of thermoelectric materials and support on home-made devices implementation

• Prof. Cristina Artini (Department of Chemistry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy) 

Joint research on skutterudite thermoelectrics bulks, thin films and modules

• Dr. Valeria Braccini (Department of Physics, University of Genoa, and CNR-SPIN, Genoa, Italy) 

Collaboration on APCs-added FeTeSe superconducting thin films

• Dr. Hannes Rijckaert (University of Ghent, Belgium) 

Collaboration on buffered substrates for development of functional materials thin films 

• Prof. Hiroki Shigemune (Department of Electric Engineering, Shibaura Institute of technology)

Joint research on paper-based thermoelectric devices (funded by IRCGE)

• Prof. Kimiyoshi Usami (Department of Computer Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology)

 Development of new architecture for chips to be used in connection with thermoelectric modules for IoT (Research funded by IRCGE)

• Prof. Leopoldo Molina-Luna (University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany)

TEM and HRTEM observations of oxide thin films

• Dr. S. J. Singh (Institute of High Pressure Physics, UNIPRESS, Warsaw, Poland)

Collaboration on Fe-based superconductors thin films with high pinning force 

• Dr. A. K. Jha (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan)

Characterization of superconducting thin films