📅 Date: April 30, 2025
📍 Location: Salón de Grados, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Informática y de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Granada
🕘 Time: 09:00 – 15:40 (CET)
🎓 Organized by: +QCHIP Chair, Universidad de Granada
✉️ Those interested in attending should send an email to: catedraqchip@ugr.es
On April 30, 2025, the University of Granada will host a specialized workshop titled “2D MX₂ Materials Devices Integration: Challenges and Opportunities for Logic Applications.” The event will be led by César Javier Lockhart de la Rosa, a senior researcher at IMEC renowned for his work on integrating 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) into semiconductor technologies.
Workshop Overview
This one-day workshop aims to delve into the potential of 2D TMDs as semiconducting channels in logic devices, exploring their integration alongside or as replacements for silicon. Despite their promise, integrating these materials into fabrication processes remains a significant challenge. The workshop will address solutions developed for various integration modules and discuss the hurdles that still need to be overcome.
Program Highlights (09:00 – 15:40)
- Strategy for integrating 2D materials into logic roadmaps
- Characterization and growth of 2D materials
- Transfer techniques and dielectric deposition challenges
- Contacts, doping strategies, and advanced architectures (e.g., GAA devices)
- 300mm FAB-compatible process development
- Final discussion on integration challenges and future directions
About the Speaker
Dr. César Javier Lockhart De La Rosa is Program Manager for the Exploratory Logic program at IMEC, where he leads efforts to identify and integrate the next generation of logic devices. He received his B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Universidad APEC (Dominican Republic), followed by an M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from KU Leuven (Belgium) and Chalmers University (Sweden). He earned his Ph.D. in 2017 from KU Leuven in collaboration with IMEC, and continued as a Postdoctoral researcher in 2018, focusing on contact engineering and doping strategies for 2D TMDCs and graphene-based transistors.
His research spans a wide range of frontier topics, including selector devices for memory applications and the use of DNA for data storage. With a strong foundation in both materials science and device physics, Dr. Lockhart plays a key role in advancing FAB-compatible processes and novel approaches to logic integration involving 2D materials.
Actuación TSI-069100-2023-0003 cofinanciada por la Unión Europea. +QCHIP: Transformando la industria de semiconductores a través de la integración monolítica de circuitos CMOS y tecnologías innovadoras. Proyecto financiado por la Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones e Infraestructuras Digitales, Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública. Convocatoria 2023 para la creación de cátedras universidad-empresa (Cátedras Chip). Financiado por la Unión Europea-NextGenerationEU