MEMSDUKEPRATT School of engineering

Education

  • PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 1971
  • MS, Tulane University, 1965
  • BS, National Taiwan University, 1962
Teh Y Tan
  • Office Location: 186 Engineering Building
  • Office Phone: (919) 660-5323, (919) 660-5321
  • Email Address: ttan@duke.edu

    • Professor Tan is conducting fundamental research in materials science and processes related to electronic materials. He and his colleagues have originated the study of the subject of intrinsic gettering which is now widely used to improve yield in integrated circuit fabrications using Czochralski silicon. Primarily because of this work, the semiconductor industry granted him the SEMMY Award in the materials category in 1987. SEMMY is one of the highest awards the industry gives.

    He has also studied the basic aspects of the following topics in silicon: precipitation, kinetic process of defect evolution, impurity diffusion mechanisms and point defects. These studies have led to greater understanding of the structure and properties of defects in silicon. Since 1986, his research interests have also included III-V compound semiconducting materials. He is a recipient of the 1994 Alexander Von Humboldt Prize.

    Specialties
    Thermodynamics
    Nanoscience
    Nanomaterial manufacturing and characterization
    Semiconductors
    Materials

    TEACHING (Fall 2009)

    ME 101L.001, THERMODYNAMICS, MWF 11:55 AM-12:45 PM
    ME 101L.01L, THERMODYNAMICS, W 02:50 PM-05:30 PM

    TEACHING (Spring 2010)

    ME 101L.001, THERMODYNAMICS,
    ME 101L.01L, THERMODYNAMICS,

    Recent Publications More Publications

    1. N. Li and T. Y. Tan and U. Gosele, Transition region width of nanowire hetero- and pn-junctions grown using vapor-liquid-solid processes, Applied Physics A-materials Science \& Processing, vol. 90 no. 4 (2008), ppt. 591 -- 596 [abs]
    2. L. L. Zhao and N. Li and A. Langner and M. Steinhart and T. Y. Tan and E. Pippel and H. Hofmeister and K. N. Tu and U. Gosele, Crystallization of amorphous SiO2 microtubes catalyzed by lithium, Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 17 no. 12 (2007), ppt. 1952 -- 1957 [abs]
    3. N. Li and T. Y. Tan and U. Gosele, Chemical tension and global equilibrium in VLS nanostructure growth process: from nanohillocks to nanowires, Applied Physics A-materials Science \& Processing, vol. 86 no. 4 (2007), ppt. 433 -- 440 [abs]
    4. Schubert, L. and Werner, P. and Zakharov, N.D. and Gerth, G. and Kolb, F.M. and Long, L. and Gosele, U. and Tan, T.Y., Silicon nanowhiskers grown on ⟨111⟩Si substrates by molecular-beam epitaxy, Appl. Phys. Lett. (USA), vol. 84 no. 24 (2004), ppt. 4968 - 70 , [1.1762701] [abs]
    5. Tan, T.Y. and Li, N. and Gosele, U., On the thermodynamic size limit of nanowires grown by the vapor-liquid-solid process, Appl. Phys. A, Mater. Sci. Process. (Germany), vol. A78 no. 4 (2004), ppt. 519 - 26 , [s00339-003-2380-5] [abs]

    Research Interests

      Impurity diffusion mechanisms and point defects in silicon and III-V compounds; line defects; precipitation and gettering; kinetic processes of defect evolution; x-ray scattering and electron microscopy; crystal growth in nano-scale

    The mission of Duke's Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science educational programs is to provide the knowledge, skills, and credentials needed to be successful in the practice of engineering; the preparation necessary to undertake professional registration; an educational preparation for graduate or professional study; and an education background that is the basis for professional growth and leadership throughout a career that may encompass a broad range of endeavors, both technical and non-technical.