Dr. Charles Winter
Wayne State University

Growth of Nanoscale Thin Films by Atomic Layer Deposition

Biography:

Charles H. Winter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1959 and grew up in Portage, Michigan, where he attended public schools. He obtained a B.S. degree from Hope College in 1982. While at Hope College, he was introduced to organometallic chemistry through undergraduate research with Professor Michael P. Doyle. He then went on to the University of Minnesota, and obtained his doctoral degree in 1986 under the direction of the late Professor Paul G. Gassman. After an NIH postdoctoral fellowship with Professor John A. Gladysz at the University of Utah, he joined the faculty at Wayne State University in 1988. He is now Professor of Chemistry and Associate Chair. Professor Winter's research interests include synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, as well as chemical vapor deposition. A particular research emphasis in his laboratory is the development of new source compounds for use in CVD processes. Materials systems for which new precursors are being developed include group 4 and 5 nitrides for application as barrier materials in microelectronics devices, lanthanide compounds for application in infrared photonic devices, magnesium compounds for devices that emit blue and green light, as well as the development of precursors to compound semiconductors that are designed to decompose under X-ray irradiation. In addition to research directed toward CVD, Professor Winter maintains significant basic research projects involving the synthesis and properties of metal complexes with new nitrogen donor ligands, metallocenes and aromatic compounds substituted with unusual main group elements, as well as fundamental chemistry of the group 13 elements. Recent research from his laboratory is examining the synthesis and characterization of metal nanoparticles and their use in thin film growth. He has been a mentor to 36 doctoral students and is the author of more than 145 publications.

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