dr.ir. S. Vollebregt

Associate Professor
Electronic Components, Technology and Materials (ECTM), Department of Microelectronics

Expertise: Graphene, carbon nanotubes, sensors, nanoparticles, wide bandgap semiconductors

Themes: Autonomous sensor systems, XG - Next Generation Sensing and Communication

Biography

Sten Vollebregt (IEEE Senior Member) received his B.Sc. ('06) and M.Sc. ('09), both cum laude, in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology. For his master's thesis, he investigated the growth of carbon nanotubes at NanoLab, Newton, MA, USA and AIXTRON, Cambridge, UK. In 2014, he completed his Ph.D. thesis in the Microelectronics Department of the Delft University of Technology on the low-temperature high-density growth of carbon nanotubes for application as vertical interconnects in 3D monolithic integrated circuits.

After obtaining his Ph.D., he held a post-doc position on the wafer-scale integration of graphene for sensing applications with the faculty of Mechanical Engineering and several industrial partners. During this research, he developed a unique transfer-free wafer-scale CVD graphene process.

Since Oct. 2017, he has been a professor in the Laboratory of Electronic Components, Technology and Materials of the Delft University of Technology. His research focuses on integrating emerging electronic materials into semiconductor technology for sensing applications. His research interests are (carbon-based) nanomaterials, 3D monolithic integration, wide-bandgap semiconductors, and (harsh) environmental sensors.

Dr. Vollebregt is editor of the journal of Micro and Nano Engineering, was guest editor at MDPI Materials, and has served as a TPC member for the IEEE MEMS conference. In 2022, he received the Micro and Nano Engineering (Elsevier) Young Investigator Award for outstanding contributions to reproducible wafer-scale microfabrication with carbon-based materials. He has co-authored over 70 journal publications, 4 book chapters, and holds 3 patents.

ET4icp IC technology lab

Hands-on experience on process simulations, fabrication in the EKL cleanroom and measurement on the fabricated devices

Education history

EE2L11 EPO-3: Design a Chip

(not running) Structural hierarchical design of a VLSI chip, implemented using Sea-of-Gates

EE3365TU Basics of Microfabrication

(not running)

Reliable POwerDown for Industrial Drives

The pioneering EU research project R-PODID started on the 1st of September 2023. This KDT JU co-funded project aims to develop an automated, cloudless, short-term fault-prediction for electric drives, power modules, and power devices, that can be integrated into power converters.

AGRARSENSE

Odour Based Selective Recognition of Veterinary Diseases

Terahertz Astronomy with Novel DiElectric Materials

Projects history

Intelligent Reliability 4.0

Graphene Flagship core 3: Transferless graphene in sensing applications

Power2Power

European research project Power2Power for more efficient power semiconductors

Monolithically integrated SiC sun sensor for Space

Wafer-scale fabrication of graphene for sensing applications

Carbon nanotube and atomic layer based solid-state supercapacitors

Carbon nanotubes as vertical interconnect in 3D integrated circuits

  1. A Fully Integrated Sequential Synchronized Switch Harvesting on Capacitors Rectifier Based on Split-Electrode for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Xinling Yue; Jiarui Mo; Zhiyuan Chen; Sten Vollebregt; Guoqi Zhang; Sijun Du;
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
    Volume 39, Issue 6, pp. 7643-7653, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2024.3369728

  2. Measuring residual stresses in individual on-chip interconnects using synchrotron nanodiffraction
    Yaqian Zhang; Leiming Du; Olof Bäcke; Sebastian Kalbfleisch; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt; Magnus Hörnqvist Colliander;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 124, pp. 083501-1-6, 2024. DOI: 10.1063/5.0192672

  3. Surface modification of multilayer graphene neural electrodes by local printing of platinum nanoparticles using spark ablation
    Nasim Bakhshaee Babaroud; Samantha J. Rice; Maria Camarena Perez; Wouter A. Serdijn; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    Nanoscale,
    Volume 16, pp. 3549-3559, 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR05523J

  4. Highly-sensitive wafer-scale transfer-free graphene MEMS condenser microphones
    Roberto Pezone; Sebastian Anzinger; Gabriele Baglioni; Hutomo Suryo Wasisto; Lina Sarro; Peter Steeneken; Sten Vollebregt;
    Microsystems & Nanoengineering,
    Volume 10, Issue 27, pp. 1-9, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41378-024-00656-x

  5. Surface modification of multilayer graphene electrodes by local printing of platinum nanoparticles using spark ablation for neural interfacing
    Nasim Bakhshaee Babaroud; Samantha June Rice; Maria Camarena Perez; Wouter A. Serdijn; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    Nanoscale,
    Volume 16, Issue 7, pp. 3549-3559, Jan. 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR05523J
    document

  6. Effect of air-loading on the performance limits of graphene microphones
    R. Pezone; G. Baglioni; C. Van Ruiten; S. Anzinger; H. S. Wasisto; P. M. Sarro; P. G. Steeneken; S. Vollebregt;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 124, Issue 12, 2024. DOI: 10.1063/5.0191939

  7. A high aspect ratio surface micromachined accelerometer based on a SiC-CNT composite material
    Jiarui Mo; Shreyas Shankar; Roberto Pezone; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt;
    Microsystems & Nanoengineering,
    Volume 10, Issue 42, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41378-024-00672-x

  8. An Analog to Digital Converter in a SiC CMOS Technology for High-temperature Applications
    Jiarui Mo; Yunfan Niu; Alexander May; Mathias Rommel; Chiara Rossi; Joost Romijn; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 124, Issue 15, 2024. DOI: 10.1063/5.0195013

  9. Origin of the mm-submm loss in deposited dielectrics
    B.T. Buijtendorp; A. Endo; W. Jellema; K. Karatsu; K. Kouwenhoven; D. Lamers; A. J. van der Linden; K. Rostem; M. Veen; E. J. Wollack; J. J. A. Baselmans; S. Vollebregt;
    arXiv:2405.13688,
    2024.
    document

  10. Quantifying stress distribution in ultra-large graphene drums through modeshape imaging
    Ali Sarafraz; Hanqing Liu; Katarina Cvetanović; Marko Spasenović; Sten Vollebregt; Tomás Manzaneque Garcia; Peter G. Steeneken; Farbod Alijani; Gerard J. Verbiest;
    npj 2D materials and applications,
    Volume 8, Issue 45, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41699-024-00485-6

  11. Temperature Sensing Elements for Harsh Environments in a 4H-SiC CMOS Technology
    Jiarui Mo; Jinglin Li; Alexander May; Mathias Rommel; Sten Vollebregt; Guoqi Zhang;
    IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices,
    Volume 71, Issue 10, pp. 5881-5887, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TED.2024.3450828

  12. Investigating Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide Coated Carbon Nanotube Composite at Elevated Temperatures
    Jiarui Mo; Gerald J.K. Schaffar; Leiming Du; Verena Maier-Kiener; Daniel Kiener; Sten Vollebregt; Guoqi Zhang;
    In IEEE 37th Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS2024),
    2024. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS58180.2024.10439455

  13. A SiC-carbon nanotube composite for MEMS
    Sten Vollebregt;
    In Sensor Decade,
    2024. Invited keynote.

  14. Transfer-free Fabrication and Characterisation of Transparent Multilayer CVD Graphene MEAs for in-vitro Optogenetic Applications
    Gonzalo León Gonzáles; Shanliang Deng; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    In Proc. IEEE MeMeA 2024,
    2024.
    document

  15. In Situ Analysis of Copper Microstructures in Electromigration Using SEM-EBSD Techniques
    Yaqian Zhang; Yixin Yan; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    In Proceedings - IEEE 74th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC),
    pp. 1317-1321, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ECTC51529.2024.00214

  16. Transfer-free Fabrication and Characterisation of Transparent Multilayer CVD Graphene MEAs for in-vitro Optogenetic Applications
    Gonzalo León González; Shanliang Deng; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    In Proc. of IEEE Medical Measurements & Applications conference,
    2024. DOI: 10.1109/MeMeA60663.2024.10596734

  17. Origin of mm-submm loss in deposited dielectrics for superconducting astronomical instrumentation
    Bruno T. Buijtendorp; Akira Endo; Willem Jellema; Kenichi Karatsu; Ton van der Linden; Dimitry Lamers; Karwan Rostem; Edward J. Wollack; Jochem J. A. Baselmans; Sten Vollebregt; Robert Huisman; Martijn Veen;
    In Proceedings Volume PC13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII,
    2024. DOI: 10.1117/12.3020071

  18. Improvement of on-chip terahertz spectroscopy by nanometer-scale control of electron-beam lithography
    Leon Olde Scholtenhuis; Kenichi Karatsu; David J. Thoen; Louis H. Marting; Jochem J. A. Baselmans; Sten Vollebregt; Akira Endo;
    In Proceedings Volume 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave,
    2024. DOI: 10.1117/12.3017946

  19. The Impact of Outgassing of Molding Compound on Graphene for Gas Sensing
    Tiance An; Mudassir Husain; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Proc. of IEEE Sensors,
    2024.

  20. Optimization of multilayer graphene-based gas sensors by ultraviolet photoactivation
    Álvaro Peña; Daniel Matatagui; Filiberto Ricciardella; Leandro Sacco; Sten Vollebregt; Daniel Otero; JesúsLópez-Sánchez; Pilar Marína; M.Carmen Horrillo;
    Applied Surface Science,
    Volume 610, pp. 155393, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155393

  21. Overview of Engineering Carbon Nanomaterials such as Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Carbon Nanofibers (CNFs), Graphene and Nanodiamonds and Other Carbon Allotropes inside Porous Anodic Alumina (PAA) Templates
    Leandro Sacco; Sten Vollebregt;
    MDPI Nanomaterials,
    Volume 13, Issue 2, pp. 260, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/nano13020260

  22. Transient thermal measurement on nano-metallic sintered die-attach joints using a thermal test chip
    R. Sattari; Dong Hu; Xu Liu; H. van Zeijl; S. Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    Applied Thermal Engineering,
    Volume 221, pp. 119503, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119503

  23. Coupling Model of Electromigration and Experimental Verification – Part I: Effect of Atomic Concentration Gradient
    Zhen Cui; Xuejun Fan; Yaqian Zhang; Sten Vollebregt; Jiajie Fan; Guoqi Zhang;
    Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
    Volume 174, pp. 105257, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105257

  24. Coupling Model of Electromigration and Experimental Verification – Part II: Impact of Thermomigration
    Zhen Cui; Xuejun Fan; Yaqian Zhang; Sten Vollebregt; Jiajie Fan; Guoqi Zhang;
    Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
    Volume 174, pp. 105256, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105256

  25. Ultra-sensitive graphene membranes for microphone applications
    Gabriele Baglioni; Roberto Pezone; Sten Vollebregt; Katarina Cvetanović Zobenica; Marko Spasenović; Dejan Todorovic; Hanqing Liu; Gerard Verbiest; Herre S.J. van der Zant; Peter Gerard Steeneken;
    Nanoscale,
    Volume 15, pp. 6343-6352, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05147H

  26. Microfabricated albedo insensitive sun position sensor system in silicon carbide with integrated 3D optics and CMOS electronics
    Joost Romijn; Sten Vollebregt; Vincent G. de Bie; Luke M. Middelburg; Brahim El Mansouri; Henk W. van Zeijl; Alexander May; Tobias Erlbacher; Johan Leijtens; Guoqi Zhang; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical,
    Volume 354, pp. 114268, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2023.114268

  27. The sensitivity enhancement of TiO2-based VOCs sensor decorated by gold at room temperature
    Mostafa Shooshtari; Sten Vollebregt; Yas Vaseghi; Mahshid Rajati; Saeideh Pahlavan;
    IOP Nanotechnology,
    Volume 34, Issue 25, pp. 255501, 2023. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acc6d7

  28. A Highly Linear Temperature Sensor Operating up to 600°C in a 4H-SiC CMOS Technology
    Jiarui Mo; Jinglin Li; Yaqian Zhang; Joost Romijn; Alexander May; Tobias Erlbacher; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt;
    IEEE Electron Device Letters,
    Volume 44, Issue 6, pp. 995-998, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/LED.2023.3268334

  29. Nanostructured Thermoelectric Films Synthesised by Spark Ablation and Their Oxidation Behaviour
    Joost van Ginkel; Lisa Mitterhuber; Marijn Willem van de Putte; Mark Huijben; Sten Vollebregt; Guoqi Zhang;
    Nanomaterials,
    Volume 13, Issue 11, pp. 1778, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/nano13111778

  30. Copper Nanoparticle Sintering Enabled Hermetic Packaging With Fine Sealing Ring for MEMS Application
    Dong Hu; Mustafeez Bashir Shah; Jiajie Fan; Sten Vollebregt; Guoqi Zhang;
    IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices,
    Volume 70, Issue 11, pp. 5818-5823, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TED.2023.3312066

  31. Quantifying stress distribution in ultra-large graphene drums through mode shape imaging
    Ali Sarafraz; Hanqing Liu; Katarina Cvetanović; Marko Spasenović; Sten Vollebregt; Tomas Manzaneque Garcia; Peter G. Steeneken; Farbod Alijani;
    arXiv,
    2023. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.00443

  32. Design and Characterization of a Data Converter in a SiC CMOS Technology for Harsh Environment Sensing Applications
    Yunfan Niu; Jiarui Mo; Alexander May; Mathias Rommel; Chiara Rossi; Joost Romijn; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Proc. of IEEE Sensors,
    2023. DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS56945.2023.10325061

  33. High-performance wafer-scale transfer-free graphene microphones
    Roberto Pezone; Gabriele Baglioni; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Peter G. Steeneken; Sten Vollebregt;
    In IEEE 36th Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS2023),
    2023. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS49605.2023.10052360

  34. Silicon carbide reinforced vertically aligned carbon nanotube composite for harsh environment MEMS
    Jiarui Mo; Shreyas Shankar; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt;
    In IEEE 36th Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS2023),
    2023. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS49605.2023.10052162

  35. Electromigration-induced local dewetting in Cu films
    Yaqian Zhang; Jiarui Mo; Zhen Cui; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    In Proc. of the IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference,
    2023. DOI: 10.1109/IITC/MAM57687.2023.10154761

  36. Reliability Analysis on Ag and Cu Nanoparticles Sintered Discrete Power Devices with Various Frontside and Backside Interconnects
    Dong Hu; Xu Liu; Sten Vollebregt; Jiajie Fan; Guoqi Zhang; Ali Roshanghias; Xing Liu; Thomas Basler; Emiel De Bruin;
    In Proc. of Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC),
    2023.

  37. MOSFET-based And P-N Diode Based Temperature Sensors In A 4H-sSiC CMOS Technology
    Jiarui Mo; Jinglin Li; Yaqian Zhang; Alexander May; Tobias Erlbacher; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt;
    In 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS 2023),
    2023.
    document

  38. Wafer-scale Transfer-free Graphene MEMS Condenser Microphones
    Roberto Pezone; Gabriele Baglioni; Leonardo di Paola; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Peter G. Steeneken; Sten Vollebregt;
    In 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS 2023),
    2023.
    document

  39. Graphene gas sensors monolithically integrated on microhotplates by using a transfer-free approach
    Leandro Sacco; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Graphene Week,
    2023.
    document

  40. High aspect-ratio multi-layer graphene MEMS condenser microphones
    Roberto Pezone; Gabriele Baglioni; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Peter G. Steeneken; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Graphene Week,
    2023.
    document

  41. Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown of 4H-SiC MOSFETs in CMOS technology
    Yaqian Zhang; Jiarui Mo; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    In 24th International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology (ICEPT),
    2023. DOI: 10.1109/ICEPT59018.2023.10492218

  42. Multilayer CVD graphene electrodes using a transfer-free process for the next generation of optically transparent and MRI-compatible neural interfaces
    Nasim Bakhshaee Babaroud; Merlin Palmar; Andrada Iulia Velea; Chiara Coletti; Sebastian Weingärtner; Frans Vos; Wouter A. Serdijn; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering,
    Volume 8, pp. 107, 2022. (featured article). DOI: 10.1038/s41378-022-00430-x

  43. Technology Development for MEMS: A Tutorial
    P. J. French; G. J. Krijnen; S. Vollebregt; M. Mastrangeli;
    IEEE Sensors Journal,
    Volume 22, Issue 11, pp. 10106-10125, June 2022. DOI: doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3104715
    Abstract: ... Silicon sensors date back to before 1960 with early Hall and piezoresistive devices. These used simple processing that was part of the early integrated circuit (IC) industry. As the IC industry developed, silicon sensors could benefit from the technological advances. As silicon sensors advanced, there came the need for new technologies specifically for microsystems. This led to a range of 3-D structures using micromachining and enabled the development of both sensors and actuators. The integration of sensors with electronics on a single chip also presented new challenges to ensure that both sensor and electronics would function correctly at the end of the processing. In recent years many new technologies and new materials were introduced to enhance the functionality of microsystems. Some sensors are still based on silicon, but others introduce new materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene. Technologies that have been used in other applications for many years are now integral part of the microsystem technology portfolio. These include screen printing and inkjet printing. Moving more into the third dimension, 3-D printing presents many new opportunities to fabricate novel structures on a silicon substrate. This tutorial focuses on the additional technologies which have been developed to supplement standard IC processes to create MEMS structures.

  44. Integrated Digital and Analog Circuit Blocks in a Scalable Silicon Carbide CMOS Technology
    Joost Romijn; Sten Vollebregt; Luke M. Middelburg; Brahim El Mansouri; Henk W. van Zeijl; Alexander May; Tobias Erlbacher; Guoqi Zhang; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices,
    Volume 69, Issue 1, pp. 4-10, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TED.2021.3125279

  45. Technology Development for MEMS: A Tutorial
    Paddy J French; Gijs JM Krijnen; Sten Vollebregt; Massimo Mastrangeli;
    IEEE Sensors Journal,
    Volume 22, Issue 11, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3104715

  46. Mass and density determination of porous nanoparticle films using a quartz crystal microbalance
    Hendrik Joost van Ginkel; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang; Andreas Schmidt-Ott;
    IOP Nanotechnology,
    Volume 33, Issue 48, 2022. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac7811

  47. Characterization of low-loss hydrogenated amorphous silicon films for superconducting resonators
    Bruno T. Buijtendorp; Juan Bueno; David J. Thoen; Vignesh Murugesan; Paolo M. Sberna; Jochem J. A. Baselmans; Sten Vollebregt; Akira Endo;
    J. of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems,
    Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 028006, 2022. DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.028006

  48. Effects of Temperature and Grain Size on Diffusivity of Aluminium: Electromigration Experiment and Molecular Dynamic Simulation
    Zhen Cui; Yaqian Zhang; Dong Hu; Sten Vollebregt; Jiajie Fan, Xuejun Fan; Guoqi Zhang;
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,
    Volume 34, pp. 175401, 2022. DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac4b7f

  49. Enhancement of Room Temperature Ethanol Sensing by Optimizing the Density of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers Decorated with Gold Nanoparticles
    Mostafa Shooshtari; Leandro Nicolas Sacco; Joost Van Ginkel; Sten Vollebregt; Alireza Salehi;
    MDPI Materials,
    Volume 15, Issue 4, pp. 1383, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/ma15041383

  50. Sensitive Transfer-Free Wafer-Scale Graphene Microphones
    Roberto Pezone; Gabriele Baglioni; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Peter G. Steeneken; Sten Vollebregt;
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
    Volume 14, Issue 18, pp. 21705-21712, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c03305

  51. Direct Wafer-Scale CVD Graphene Growth under Platinum Thin-Films
    Yelena Hagendoorn; Gregory Pandraud; Sten Vollebregt; Bruno Morana; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Peter G. Steeneken;
    MDPI Materials,
    Volume 15, Issue 10, pp. 3723, 2022.
    document

  52. Angle Sensitive Optical Sensor for Light Source Tracker Miniaturization
    Joost Romijn; Secil Sanseven; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    IEEE Sensors Letters,
    Volume 6, Issue 6, pp. 1-4, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2022.3175607

  53. Multilayer CVD graphene electrodes using a transfer-free process for the next generation of optically transparent and MRI-compatible neural interfaces
    Nasim Bakhshaee; Merlin Palmar; Andrada Iulia Velea; Chiara Coletti; Sebastian Weingaertner; Frans Vos; Wouter A. Serdijn; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    Microsystems & Nanoengineering,
    Volume 8, Issue 107, pp. 1-14, Sep 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41378-022-00430-x
    Abstract: ... Multimodal platforms combining electrical neural recording and stimulation, optogenetics, optical imaging, and magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging are emerging as a promising platform to enhance the depth of characterization in neuroscientific research. Electrically conductive, optically transparent, and MRI-compatible electrodes can optimally combine all modalities. Graphene as a suitable electrode candidate material can be grown via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes and sandwiched between transparent biocompatible polymers. However, due to the high graphene growth temperature (≥ 900 °C) and the presence of polymers, fabrication is commonly based on a manual transfer process of pre-grown graphene sheets, which causes reliability issues. In this paper, we present CVD-based multilayer graphene electrodes fabricated using a wafer-scale transfer-free process for use in optically transparent and MRI-compatible neural interfaces. Our fabricated electrodes feature very low impedances which are comparable to those of noble metal electrodes of the same size and geometry. They also exhibit the highest charge storage capacity (CSC) reported to date among all previously fabricated CVD graphene electrodes. Our graphene electrodes did not reveal any photo-induced artifact during 10-Hz light pulse illumination. Additionally, we show here, for the first time, that CVD graphene electrodes do not cause any image artifact in a 3T MRI scanner. These results demonstrate that multilayer graphene electrodes are excellent candidates for the next generation of neural interfaces and can substitute the standard conventional metal electrodes. Our fabricated graphene electrodes enable multimodal neural recording, electrical and optogenetic stimulation, while allowing for optical imaging, as well as, artifact-free MRI studies.

    document

  54. Hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide: A low-loss deposited dielectric for microwave to submillimeter-wave superconducting circuits
    B. T. Buijtendorp; S. Vollebregt; K. Karatsu; D. J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; K. Kouwenhoven; S. Hähnle; J. J. A. Baselmans; A. Endo;
    Physical Review Applied,
    Volume 18, pp. 064003, 2022. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.064003

  55. Integrated 64 pixel UV image sensor and readout in a silicon carbide CMOS technology
    Joost Romijn; Sten Vollebregt; Luke M. Middelburg; Brahim El Mansouri; Henk W. van Zeijl; Alexander May; Tobias Erlbacher; Johan Leijtens; Guoqi Zhang; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering,
    Volume 8, pp. 114, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41378-022-00446-3

  56. Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Carbide: A Low-loss Deposited Dielectric for Microwave to Submillimeter Wave Superconducting Circuits
    Buijtendorp, B. T.; Vollebregt, S. ; Karatsu, K.; Thoen, D. J.; Murugesan, V.; Kouwenhoven, K.; Hähnle, S.; Baselmans, J. J. A.; Endo, A.;
    Physical Review Applied,
    Volume 18, Issue 6, pp. 064003, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.064003

  57. Characterization of low-loss hydrogenated amorphous silicon films for superconducting resonators
    Bruno T. Buijtendorp; Juan Bueno; David J. Thoen; Vignesh Murugesan; Paolo M. Sberna; Jochem J. A. Baselmans; Sten Vollebregt; Akira Endo;
    Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems,
    Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 028006, 2022. DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.028006

  58. Patterning of Fine-Features in Nanoporous Films Synthesized by Spark Ablation
    Xinrui Ji; Joost van Ginkel; Dong Hu; Andreas Schmidt-Ott; Henk van Zeijl; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    In Proc. IEEE Nano,
    pp. 238-241, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/NANO54668.2022.9928705

  59. Visible Blind Quadrant Sun Position Sensor in a Silicon Carbide Technology
    Joost Romijn; Sten Vollebregt; Alexander May; Tobias Erlbacher; Henk W. van Zeijl; Johan Leijtens; GuoQi Zhang; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In 35th Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2022),
    2022. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS51670.2022.9699533

  60. Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers (CNFs) by PECVD Using Ni Catalyst Printed by Spark Ablation
    Leandro Sacco; Joost van Ginkel; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Proc. IEEE Nano,
    pp. 128-131, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/NANO54668.2022.9928632

  61. ZnO Nanoparticle Printing for UV Sensor Fabrication
    Hendrik Joost van Ginkel; Mattia Orvietani; Joost Romijn; GuoQi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Proc. of IEEE Sensors,
    2022. DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS52175.2022.9967053

  62. Humidity Sensor Based on Multi-Layer Graphene (MLG) Integrated Onto a Micro-Hotplate (MHP)
    Leandro Sacco; Hanxing Meng; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Proc. of IEEE Sensors,
    2022. DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS52175.2022.9967039

  63. Transfer-free multi-layer graphene as a platform for NEMS/MEMS sensors
    Sten Vollebregt;
    In MNE-ES conference (plenary),
    2022.

  64. Transfer-free multi-layered graphene (MLG) on integrated microheaters: an attractive platform for gas sensing
    Leandro Sacco; Hanxing Meng; Sten Vollebregt;
    In MNE-ES conference,
    2022.

  65. Wafer-Scale Transfer-Free Sensitive Graphene Microphones
    Roberto Pezone; G. Baglioni; P.M. Sarro; P.G. Steeneken; S. Vollebregt;
    In Graphene Week,
    2022.
    document

  66. Characterization of ultra-sensitive graphene membranes for microphone applications
    Gabriele Baglioni; Roberto Pezone; Sten Vollebregt; Katarina Cvetanović; Marko Spasenović; Dejan Todorović; Hanqing Liu; Gerard J. Verbiest; Herre S.J. van der Zant; Peter G. Steeneken;
    In Graphene Week,
    2022.
    document

  67. Low-loss a-SiC:H for superconducting microstrip lines for (sub-)millimeter astronomy
    Bruno T. Buijtendorp; Akira Endo; Kenichi Karatsu; David Thoen; Vignesh Murugesan; Kevin Kouwenhoven; Sebastian Hähnle; Jochem J. A. Baselmans; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Proc. SPIE PC12190, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI,
    pp. PC121900W, 2022. DOI: 10.1117/12.2630107

  68. Multi-Layer Graphene Pirani Pressure Sensors
    Romijn, Joost; Dolleman, Robin; Singh, Manvika; van der Zant, Herre; Steeneken, Peter; Sarro, Pasqualina; Vollebregt, Sten;
    IOP Nanotechnology,
    Volume 32, Issue 33, pp. 335501, 2021. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abff8e

  69. Effect of Temperature and Humidity on the Sensing Performance of TiO2 Nanowire-based Ethanol Vapor Sensors
    Mostafa Shooshtari; Alireza Salehi; Sten Vollebregt;
    IOP Nanotechnology,
    Volume 32, Issue 32, pp. 325501, 2021. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abfd54

  70. Surface-micromachined Silicon Carbide Pirani Gauges for Harsh Environments
    Jiarui Mo; Luke Middelburg; Bruno Morana; H.W. Van Zeijl; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    IEEE Sensors Letters,
    Volume 21, Issue 2, pp. 1350-1358, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3019711

  71. Monolithic Integration of a Smart Temperature Sensor on a Modular Silicon-based Organ-on-a-chip Device
    Ronaldo Martins da Ponte; Nikolas Gaio; Henk van Zeijl; Sten Vollebregt; Paul Dijkstra; Ronald Dekker; Wouter A. Serdijn; Vasiliki Giagka;
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical,
    Volume 317, pp. 112439, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2020.112439
    document

  72. Influence of defect density on the gas sensing properties of multi-layered graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Rita Tilmann; Oliver Hartwig; Cian Bartlam; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Hermann Sachdev; Georg S.Duesberg;
    Carbon Trends,
    Volume 3, pp. 100024, 2021.
    document

  73. Insights into the high-sulphur aging of sintered silver nanoparticles: An experimental and ReaxFF study
    Dong Hu; Tijian Gu; Zhen Cui; Sten Vollebregt; Xuejun Fan; Guoqi Zhang; Jiajie Fan;
    Corrosion Science,
    pp. 109846, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2021.109846

  74. Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Carbide: A Low-loss Deposited Dielectric for Microwave to Submillimeter Wave Superconducting Circuits
    B. T. Buijtendorp; S. Vollebregt; K. Karatsu; D. J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; K. Kouwenhoven; S. Hähnle; J. J. A. Baselmans, A. Endo;
    arXiv,
    2021.
    document

  75. Room temperature ppt-level NO2 gas sensor based on SnOx/SnS nanostructures with rich oxygen vacancies
    Hongyu Tang; Chenshan Gao; Huiru Yang; Leandro Nicolas Sacco; Robert Sokolovskij; Hongze Zheng; Huaiyu Ye; Sten Vollebregt; Hongyu Yu; Xuejun Fan; Guoqi Zhang;
    2D Materials,
    2021. DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/ac13c1

  76. Transfer-free multi-layer graphene: a platform for NEMS/MEMS sensors
    Sten Vollebregt;
    In Graphene Conference,
    2021. (invited).

  77. Wafer-scale graphene: a transfer-free approach
    Sten Vollebregt;
    In Graphene Online,
    2021. (invited).
    document

  78. Towards a Scalable Sun Position Sensor with Monolithic Integration of the 3d Optics for Miniaturized Satellite Attitude Control
    J. Romijn; S. Vollebregt; H. W. van Zeijl; G. Zhang; J. Leijtens; P. M. Sarro;
    In 2021 IEEE 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS),
    pp. 642-645, Jan 2021. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS51782.2021.9375434

  79. Resistive and PTAT Temperature Sensors in a Silicon Carbide CMOS Technology
    Joost Romijn; Luke M. Middelburg; Sten Vollebregt; Brahim El Mansouri; Henk W. van Zeijl; Alexander May; Tobias Erlbacher; Guoqi Zhang; and Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In Proc. of IEEE Sensors,
    2021.

  80. High step coverage interconnects by printed nanoparticles
    Hendrik Joost van Ginkel; Joost Romijn; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    In Proc. of the 23rd European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference & Exhibition (EMPC),
    2021.

  81. Low-loss dielectric for high frequency cryogenic applications
    J.J.A. Baselmans; B.T. Buijtendorp; A. Endo; S. Vollebregt;
    Patent, NL2024742B1; WO2021150101, 2021.

  82. Monolithic Integration of a Smart Temperature Sensor on a Modular Silicon-based Organ-on-a-Chip Device
    Martins da Ponte, Ronaldo; Nikolas Gaio; Henk van Zeijl; Sten Vollebregt; Paul Dijkstra; Ronald Dekker; Wouter A. Serdijn; Vasiliki Giagka;
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical,
    Nov. 21 2020. ISSN 0924-4247.
    Keywords: ... Organs-on-a-chip; Smart temperature sensor; Time-mode domain signal processing; MEMS; CMOS Monolithic Integration; MEMS-Electronics co-fabrication.

    Abstract: ... One of the many applications of organ-on-a-chip (OOC) technology is the study of biological processes in human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) during pharmacological drug screening. It is of paramount importance to construct OOCs equipped with highly compact in situ sensors that can accurately monitor, in real time, the extracellular fluid environment and anticipate any vital physiological changes of the culture. In this paper, we report the co-fabrication of a CMOS smart sensor on the same substrate as our silicon-based OOC for real-time in situ temperature measurement of the cell culture. The proposed CMOS circuit is developed to provide the first monolithically integrated in situ smart temperature-sensing system on a micromachined silicon-based OOC device. Measurement results on wafer reveal a resolution of less than ±0.2 °C and a nonlinearity error of less than 0.05% across a temperature range from 30 °C to 40 °C. The sensor's time response is more than 10 times faster than the time constant of the convection-cooling mechanism found for a medium containing 0.4 ml of PBS solution. All in all, this work is the first step towards realising OOCs with seamless integrated CMOS-based sensors capable to measure, in real time, multiple physical quantities found in cell culture experiments. It is expected that the use of commercial foundry CMOS processes may enable OOCs with very large scale of multi-sensing integration and actuation in a closed-loop system manner.

    document

  83. Low-friction, wear-resistant, and electrically homogeneous multilayer graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition on molybdenum
    Borislav Vasic; Uros Ralevic; Katarina Cvetanovic Zobenica; Milce Smiljanic; Rados Gajic; Marko Spasenovic; Sten Vollebregt;
    Applied Surface Science,
    Volume 509, pp. 144792, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144792

  84. Infrared absorbance of vertically-aligned multi-walled CNT forest as a function of synthesis temperature and time
    Amir Mirza Gheytaghia; Amir Ghaderi; Sten Vollebregt; Majid Ahmadic; Reinoud Wolffenbuttel; GuoQi Zhang;
    Materials Research Bulletin,
    2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2020.110821

  85. Toward a Self-Sensing Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for all-SiC Monolithic Integration
    L.M. Middelburg; H.W. van Zeijl; S. Vollebregt; B. Morana; GuoQi Zhang;
    IEEE Sensors,
    Volume 20, Issue 19, pp. 11265-11274, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.2998915

  86. Low-Humidity Sensing Properties of Multi-Layered Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Tiziana Polichetti; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Georg S. Duesberg;
    MDPI Sensors,
    Volume 20, Issue 11, pp. 3174, 2020.
    document

  87. Wafer-scale transfer-free process of multi-layered graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Bart Boshuizen; F.J.K. Danzl; Ilkay Cesar; Pierpaolo Spinelli; Pasqualina Maria Sarro;
    Material Research Express,
    2020. DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab771e

  88. Vertically-Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nano Tube Pillars with Various Diameters under Compression: Pristine and NbTiN Coated
    Amir Mirza Gheitaghy; René H. Poelma; Leandro Sacco; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang;
    MDPI Nanomaterials,
    Volume 10, Issue 6, pp. 1189, 2020. DOI: 10.3390/nano10061189

  89. The influence of H2 and NH3 on catalyst nanoparticle formation and carbon nanotube growth
    R. Pezone; S. Vollebregt; P.M. Sarro; Sandeep Unnikrishnan;
    Carbon,
    Volume 170, pp. 384-393, 2020.
    document

  90. Low power AlGaN/GaN MEMS pressure sensor for high vacuum application
    Jianwen Sun; Dong Hu; Zewen Liu; Luke Middelburg; Sten Vollebregt; Pasqualina M. Sarro; Guoqi Zhang;
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical,
    Volume 314, pp. 112217, 2020.
    document

  91. Effect of Humidity on Gas Sensing Performance of Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensors Operated at Room Temperature
    Mostafa Shooshtari; Alireza Salehi; Sten Vollebregt;
    IEEE Sensors,
    2020.
    document

  92. Recent advances in 2D/nanostructured metal sulfide-based gas sensors: mechanisms, applications, and perspectives
    Hongyu Tang; Leandro Sacco; Sten Vollebregt; Huaiyu Ye; Xuejun; Fan; GuoQi Zhang;
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
    Volume 8, pp. 24943-24976, 2020.
    document

  93. Soft, flexible and transparent graphene-based active spinal cord implants for optogenetic studies
    A. Velea; S. Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    13th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE20),
    2020. Scientific Poster.
    document

  94. Functionalisation of Multi-Layer Graphene-Based Gas Sensor by Au Nanoparticles
    Morelli, Laura; Ricciardella, Filiberto; Koole, Max; Persijn, Stefan; Vollebregt, Sten;
    Proceedings,
    Volume 56, Issue 1, pp. 1, Dec 2020. DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2020056001
    document

  95. Wafer-scale Graphene-based Soft Implant with Optogenetic Compatibility
    A.I. Velea; S. Vollebregt; G.K. Wardhana; V. Giagka;
    In Proc. IEEE Microelectromech. Syst. (MEMS) 2020,
    Vancouver, Canada, IEEE, Jan. 2020.
    document

  96. Soft, flexible and transparent graphene-based active spinal cord implants for optogenetic studies
    A. Velea; S. Vollebregt; V. Giagka;
    In proc. 13th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE20) 2020,
    Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2020.
    document

  97. Characterization of low-loss hydrogenated amorphous silicon films for superconducting resonators
    B.T. Buijtendorp; J. Bueno; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan P.M. Sberna; J.J.A. Baselmans; S. Vollebregt; A. Endo;
    In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X,
    SPIE, International Society for Optics and Photonics, pp. 459 - 472, 2020. DOI: 10.1117/12.2562233

  98. Functionalization of multi-layer graphene-based gas sensor by Au nanoparticles
    Laura Morelli; Filiberto Ricciardelli; Max Koole; Stefan Persijn; Sten Vollebregt;
    In Proc. of NanoFIS,
    2020.

  99. 3D-impaction printing of porous layers
    van Ginkel, H. J.; Roels, P.; Boeije, M. F. J.; Pfeiffer, T. V.; Vollebregt, S.; GuoQi Zhang; Schmidt-Ott, A.,;
    In European Aerosol Conference,
    2020.

  100. Wafer-scale Graphene-based Soft Implant with Optogenetic Compatibility
    Andrade Velea; Sten Vollebregt; Gandhika Wardhana; Vasso Giagka;
    In IEEE Int. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2020),
    2020.

  101. Characterization of low-loss hydrogenated amorphous silicon films for superconducting resonators
    B. T. Buijtendorp; J. Bueno; D. J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; P. M. Sberna; J. J. A. Baselmans; S. Vollebregt; A. Endo;
    In Proc. SPIE 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X,
    2020.
    document

  102. Analysis of a calibration method for non-stationary CVD multi-layered graphene-based gas sensors
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Tiziana Polichetti; Sten Vollebregt; Brigida Alfano; Ettore Massera; Lina Sarro;
    IOP Nanotechnology,
    Volume 30, pp. 385501-1-8, 2019. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab2aac
    document

  103. Growth of multi-layered graphene on molybdenum catalyst by solid phase reaction with amorphous carbon
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Evgenia Kurganova; A.J.M. Giesbers; Majid Ahmadi; Lina Sarro;
    2D Materials,
    Volume 6, pp. 035012, 2019. DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/ab1518

  104. Mass measurement of graphene using quartz crystal microbalances
    Robin J Dolleman; Mick Hsu; Sten Vollebregt; John E Sader; Herre SJ van der Zant; Peter G Steeneken; Murali K Ghatkesar;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 115, Issue 5, pp. 053102, 2019. DOI: 10.1063/1.5111086
    document

  105. TOWARDS AN ACTIVE GRAPHENE-PDMS IMPLANT
    Gandhika K Wardhana; Wouter A. Serdijn; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    In Book of Abstracts, 7th Dutch Biomedical Engineering Conf. (BME) 2019,
    Jan. 24-25 2019.
    document

  106. Flexible, graphene-based active implant for spinal cord stimulation in rodents
    A.I. Velea; S. Vollebregt; V. Giagka;
    In Book of Abstracts, SAFE 2019,
    Delft, the Netherlands, July 4-5 2019.
    document

  107. Towards a Microfabricated Flexible Graphene-Based Active Implant for Tissue Monitoring During Optogenetic Spinal Cord Stimulation
    A.I. Velea; S. Vollebregt; V. Giagka;
    In Book of Abstracts, IEEE Nanotech. Mater. Dev. Conf. (NMDC) 2019,
    Stockholm, Sweden, IEEE, Oct. 2019.
    Abstract: ... Our aim is to develop a smart neural interface with transparent electrodes to allow for electrical monitoring of the site of interest during optogenetic stimulation of the spinal cord. In this work, we present the microfabrication process for the wafer-level development of such a compact, active, transparent and flexible implant. The transparent, passive array of electrodes and tracks have been developed using graphene, on top of which chips have been bonded using flip-chip bonding techniques. To provide high flexibility, soft encapsulation, using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has been used. Preliminary measurements after the bonding process have shown resistance values in the range of kΩ for the combined tracks and ball-bonds.

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  108. Towards a Microfabricated Flexible Graphene-Based Active Implant for Tissue Monitoring During Optogenetic Spinal Cord Stimulation
    A.I. Velea; S. Vollebregt; T. Hosman; A. Pak; V. Giagka;
    In Proceedings IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) 2019,
    Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 2019.
    Abstract: ... This work aims to develop a smart neural interface with transparent electrodes to allow for electrical monitoring of the site of interest during optogenetic stimulation of the spinal cord. In this paper, a microfabrication process for the wafer-level development of such a compact, active, transparent and flexible implant is presented. Graphene has been employed to form the transparent array of electrodes and tracks, on top of which chips have been bonded using flip-chip bonding techniques. To provide high flexibility, soft encapsulation, using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has been used. Making use of the "Flex-to-Rigid" (F2R) technique, cm-size graphene-on-PDMS structures have been suspended and characterized using Raman spectroscopy to qualitatively evaluate the graphene layer, together with 2-point measurements to ensure the conductivity of the structure. In parallel, flip-chip bonding processes of chips on graphene structures were employed and the 2-point electrical measurement results have shown resistance values in the range of kΩ for the combined tracks and ball-bonds.

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  109. Towards an Active Graphene-PDMS Implant
    Wardhana, G. K.; Serdijn, W.; Vollebregt, S.; Giagka, V.;
    In Abstract from 7th Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference,
    2019.
    document

  110. Compressive response of pristine and superconductor coated MWCNT pillars
    A. M. Gheytaghi; S. Vollebregt; R.H. Poelma; H. W. Zeijl; GuoQi Zhang;
    In IEEE MEMS,
    2019.

  111. Wafer-scale integration of CVD graphene on CMOS devices using a transfer-free approach
    Sten Vollebregt; Joost Romijn; Henk W. van Zeijl; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In Graphene Week,
    2019.

  112. Free-standing, Transfer-free Graphene-based Differential Pressure Sensors
    R. Ramesha; S. Vollebregt; P.M. Sarro;
    In SAFE/ProRISC,
    2019.

  113. Transfer-free Graphene-based Differential Pressure Sensor
    Raghutham Ramesha; Sten Vollebregt; Lina Sarro;
    In Proc. IEEE NMDC,
    2019.

  114. Towards a Microfabricated Flexible Graphene-Based Active Implant for Tissue Monitoring During Optogenetic Spinal Cord Stimulation
    Andrada Iulia Velea; Sten Vollebregt; Tim Hosman; Anna Pak; Vasiliki Giagka;
    In Proc. IEEE NMDC,
    2019.

  115. Flexible, graphene-based acive implant for spinal cord stimulation in rodents
    Andrada Velea; Sten Vollebregt; Vasiliki Giagka;
    In SAFE/ProRISC,
    2019.

  116. A wafer-scale process for the monolithic integration of CVD graphene and CMOS logic for smart MEMS/NEMS sensors
    Joost Romijn; Sten Vollebregt; Henk W. van Zeijl; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In IEEE 32nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Piscataway: IEEE,
    2019. DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2019.8870741

  117. Graphene pellicle lithographic apparatus
    Evgenia Kurganova; Jos Giesbers; Maria Peter; Maxim Naselevich; Arnoud Notenboom; Alexander Klein; Pieter-Jan van Zwol; David Vles; Pim Voorthuijzen; Sten Vollebregt;
    Patent, WO2019170356, 2019.

  118. Full wafer transfer-free graphene
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Lina Sarro;
    Patent, WO2019125140; NL2020111, 2019.

  119. Grafeen: een zoektocht naar de toepassing
    Sten Vollebregt; Jos Giesbers; Johan Klootwijk;
    Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde,
    pp. 16-20, September 2018.

  120. Carbon Nanotube Array: Scaffolding Material for Opto, Electro, Thermo, and Mechanical Systems
    Amir M. Gheytaghi; H. van Zeijl; S. Vollebregt; R.H. Poelma; C. Silvestri; R. Ishihara; G. Q. Zhang; P. M. Sarro;
    Innovative Materials,
    Volume 3, pp. 22-25, 2018.

  121. Effects of Conformal Nanoscale Coatings on Thermal Performance of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes
    Cinzia Silvestri; Michele Riccio; René H. Poelma; Aleksandar Jovic; Bruno Morana; Sten Vollebregt; Andrea Irace; GuoQi Zhang; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    Small,
    Volume 14, Issue 20, pp. 1800614, 2018. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201800614

  122. A transfer-free approach to wafer-scale graphene deposited by chemical vapour deposition
    Sten Vollebregt; Filiberto Ricciardella; Joost Romijn; Manvika Singh; Shengtai Shi; Lina Sarro;
    In Graphene Conference,
    2018. (invited).
    document

  123. Making large free-standing multi-layer graphene/graphitic membranes
    Evgenia Kurganova; A.J.M. Giesbers; Sten Vollebregt; Arnoud Notenboom; David Vles; Maxim Nasalevich; Peter van Zwol;
    In Graphene Conference,
    2018.

  124. A Miniaturized Low Power Pirani Pressure Sensor Based on Suspended Graphene
    Joost Romijn; Sten Vollebregt; Robin J. Dolleman; Manvika Singh; Herre S.J. van der Zant; Peter G. Steeneken; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In Proceedings of IEEE NEMS,
    2018.

  125. Wafer-scale CVD graphene integration: a transfer-free approach
    Sten Vollebregt;
    In GrapChina,
    2018. (invited).

  126. Wafer Level Through-polymer Optical Vias (TPOV) Enabling High Throughput of Optical Windows Manufacturing
    Z. Huang; R.H. Poelma; S. Vollebregt; M.H. Koelink; E. Boschman; R. Kropf; M. Gallouch; GuoQi Zhang;
    In IEEE Electronics System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC),
    pp. 1-5, 2018.

  127. Effect of droplet shrinking on surface acoustic wave response in microfluidic applications
    Thu Hang Bui; Van Nguyen; Sten Vollebregt; Bruno Morana; Henk van Zeijl; Trinh Chu Duc; P.M. Sarro;
    Applied Surface Science,
    Volume 426, pp. 253-261, 2017.
    document

  128. Effects of Graphene Monolayer Coating on the Optical Performance of Remote Phosphors
    Maryam Yazdan Mehr; S. Vollebregt; W. D. van Driel; GuoQi Zhang;
    Journal of Electronic Materials,
    Volume 46, Issue 10, pp. 5866--5872, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s11664-017-5592-8
    Keywords: ... graphene, Light-emitting diode, reliability, remote phosphor.

  129. Effects of graphene defects on gas sensing properties towards NO2 detection
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Tiziana Polichetti; Mario Miscuglio; Brigida Alfano; Maria L. Miglietta; Ettore Massera; Girolamo Di Francia; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    Nanoscale,
    Volume 9, pp. 6085-6093, 2017.
    document

  130. CVD transfer-free graphene for sensing applications
    Chiara Schiattarella; Sten Vollebregt; Tiziana Polichetti; Brigida Alfano; Ettore Massera; Maria Lucia Miglietta; Girolamo Di Francia; Pasqualina Maria Sarro;
    Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology,
    Volume 8, pp. 1015-1022, 2017.
    document

  131. Carbon Nanotubes as Vertical Interconnects for 3D Integrated Circuits
    Sten Vollebregt; Ryoichi Ishihara;
    In Carbon Nanotubes for Interconnects,
    Springer International Publishing, 2017.
    document

  132. A transfer-free wafer-scale method for the fabrication of suspended graphene beams for squeeze-film pressure sensors
    S. Vollebregt; R.J. Dolleman; H.S.J. van der Zant; P.G. Steeneken; P.M. Sarro;
    In Graphene Week,
    2017.

  133. An Innovative Approach to Overcome Saturation and Recovery Issues of CVD graphene-Based Gas Sensors
    F. Ricciardella; S. Vollebregt; T. Polichetti; B. Alfano; E. Massera; P. M. Sarro;
    In Proceedings of IEEE Sensors Conference,
    pp. 1224-1226, 2017.

  134. Wafer-scale measurements of the specific contact resistance between different metals and mono- and multi-layer graphene
    S. Vollebregt; M. Singh; D.J. Wehenkel; R. van Rijn; P.M. Sarro;
    In Proc. of the 43rd international conference on Micro and Nanoengineering (MNE),
    pp. 152, 2017.

  135. Low Temperature CVD Grown Graphene for Highly Selective Gas Sensors Working under Ambient Conditions
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Tiziana Polichetti; Brigida Alfano; Ettore Massera; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In Proceedings of Eurosensors 2017,
    pp. 445, 2017.
    document

  136. High sensitive CVD graphene-based gas sensors operating under environmental conditions
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Tiziana Polichetti; Brigida Alfano; Ettore Massera; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In Graphene Conference,
    2017.

  137. Horizontally aligned carbon nanotube scaffolds for freestanding structures with enhanced conductivity
    Cinzia Silvestri; Federico Marciano; Bruno Morana; Violeta Podranovic; Sten Vollebregt; GuoQi Zhang; Pasqualina M Sarro;
    In Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2017 IEEE 30th International Conference on,
    pp. 266-269, 2017.

  138. Suspended graphene beams with tunable gap for squeeze-film pressure sensing
    S. Vollebregt; R.J. Dolleman; H.S.J. van der Zant; P.G. Steeneken; P.M. Sarro;
    In Proc.of Transducers 2017, the 19th International Conference on Solid-state Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems,
    pp. 770-773, 2017.

  139. Fabrication and characterization of an Upside-down Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Microelectrode array (MEA)
    Gaio, N.; Silvestri, C.; van Meer, B.; Vollebregt, S.; Mummery, C.; Dekker, R.;
    IEEE Sensors Journal,
    Volume 16, Issue 24, pp. 8685, 2016.

  140. Thermal characterization of carbon nanotube foam using MEMS microhotplates and thermographic analysis
    Cinzia Silvestri; Michele Riccio; Rene Poelma; Bruno Morana; Sten Vollebregt; Fabio Santagata; Andrea Irace; GuoQi Zhang; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    Nanoscale,
    Volume 8, pp. 8266-8275, 2016.
    document

  141. Stretchable Binary Fresnel Lens for Focus Tuning
    Xueming Li; Lei Wei; Ren� H. Poelma; Sten Vollebregt; Jia Wei; Hendrik Paul Urbach; Pasqualina M. Sarro; GuoQi Zhang;
    Scientific Reports,
    Volume 6, pp. 25348, 2016.

  142. The growth of carbon nanotubes on electrically conductive ZrN support layers for through-silicon vias
    Sten Vollebregt; Sourish Banerjee; Frans D. Tichelaar; Ryoichi Ishihara;
    Microelectronic Engineering,
    Volume 156, pp. 126-130, 2016.
    document

  143. The Direct Growth of Carbon Nanotubes as Vertical Interconnects in 3D Integrated Circuits
    Sten Vollebregt; Ryoichi Ishihara;
    Carbon,
    Volume 96, pp. 332-338, 2016.
    document

  144. High sensitive gas sensors realized by a transfer-free process of CVD graphene
    Filiberto Ricciardella; Sten Vollebregt; Tiziana Polichetti; Brigida Alfano; Ettore Massera; Lina Sarro;
    In Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors conference,
    2016.

  145. A predefined wafer-scale CVD graphene deposition method requiring no transfer
    Sten Vollebregt; Lina Sarro;
    In Graphene Week,
    2016.

  146. A transfer-free wafer-scale CVD graphene fabrication process for MEMS/NEMS sensors
    S. Vollebregt; B. Alfano; F. Ricciardella; A.J.M. Giesbers; Y. Grachova; H.W. van Zeijl; T. Polichetti; P.M. Sarro;
    In Proc. of the 29th IEEE International Conference of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems,
    pp. 17-20, 2016.

  147. Fabrication of Low Temperature Carbon Nanotube Vertical Interconnects Compatible with Semiconductor Technology
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara;
    Journal of Visual Experiments,
    Volume 106, pp. e53260, 2015.
    document

  148. Impact of the atomic layer deposition precursors diffusion on solid-state carbon nanotube based supercapacitors performances
    G Fiorentino; S Vollebregt; FD Tichelaar; R Ishihara; PM Sarro;
    IOP Nanotechnology,
    Volume 26, Issue 6, pp. 064002, 2015.
    document

  149. Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Interconnects
    J. Robertson; S. Esconjauregui; L. D’Arsie; J. Yang; H. Sugime; G. Zhong; Y. Guo; S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; C. Cepek; G. Duesberg; T. Hallam;
    In Extended Abstracts of the 2015 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM),
    2015.

  150. Carbon nanotubes TSV grown on an electrically conductive ZrN support layer
    Sten Vollebregt; Sourish Banerjee; Frans D. Tichelaar; Ryoichi Ishihara;
    In IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference,
    pp. 281-283, 2015.

  151. Molybdenum grown CVD graphene Schottky diodes
    S. Vollebregt; F. Ricciardella; Y. Grachova; T. Polichetti; P.M. Sarro;
    In Graphene Week,
    2015.

  152. Tunable binary fresnel lens based on stretchable PDMS/CNT compsite
    Xueming Li; L. Wei; S. Vollebregt; R. Poelma; Y. Shen; Jia Wei; P. Urbach; P.M. Sarro; GuoQi Zhang;
    In Transducers,
    pp. 2041-2044, 2015.

  153. Crystallinity variations over the length of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapour deposition
    S. Vollebregt; P. Padmanabhan; C. Silvestri; P.M. Sarro;
    In 41st Micro and Nano Engineering conference,
    2015.

  154. The Role of Edge Defects in Liquid Phase Exfoliated and Chemical Vapor Deposited Graphene for NO2 Detection
    F Ricciardella; S Vollebregt; T Polichetti; B Alfano; PM Sarro; ML Miglietta; E Massera; G Di Francia;
    In GraphITA,
    2015.

  155. Upside-down Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Micro-electrode Array (MEA)
    N. Gaio; B. van Meer; C. Silvestri; Saeed Khoshfetrat Pakazad; S. Vollebregt; C.L. Mummery; R. Dekker;
    In IEEE Sensors Conference,
    2015.

  156. Dominant thermal boundary resistance in multi-walled carbon nanotube bundles fabricated at low temperature
    Vollebregt, Sten; Banerjee, Sourish; Chiaramonti, Ann N; Tichelaar, Frans D; Beenakker, Kees; Ishihara, Ryoichi;
    Journal of Applied Physics,
    Volume 116, Issue 2, pp. 023514, 2014.

  157. Carbon nanotube vertical interconnects fabricated at temperatures as low as 350 �C
    Vollebregt, Sten; Tichelaar, FD; Schellevis, H; Beenakker, CIM; Ishihara, R;
    Carbon,
    Volume 71, pp. 249--256, 2014.

  158. Failure Analysis and Reliability of Low-Temperature-Grown Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube Bundles Integrated as Vias in Monolithic Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits
    Chiaramonti, Ann N; Vollebregt, Sten; Sanders, Aric W; Ishihara, Ryoichi; Read, David T;
    Microsc. Microanal,
    Volume 20, pp. 1762-1763, 2014.

  159. Tailoring the Mechanical Properties of High-Aspect-Ratio Carbon Nanotube Arrays using Amorphous Silicon Carbide Coatings
    Poelma, RH; Morana, Bruno; Vollebregt, Sten; Schlangen, Erik; van Zeijl, HW; Fan, Xuejun; Zhang, GuoQi;
    Advanced Functional Materials,
    Volume 24, Issue 36, pp. 5737-5744, 2014.
    document

  160. Carbon Nanotube Vertical Interconnects: Prospects and Challenges
    Vollebregt, S; Beenakker, CIM; Ishihara, R;
    In Micro-and Nanoelectronics: Emerging Device Challenges and Solutions,
    CRC Press, 2014.

  161. High Quality Wafer-scale CVD Graphene on Molybdenum Thin Film for Sensing Application
    Yelena Grachova; Sten Vollebregt; Andrea Leonardo Lacaita; Pasqualina M. Sarro;
    In Procedia Engineering 87: EUROSENSORS 2014, the 28th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers,
    pp. 1501-1504, 2014.
    document

  162. 3D solid-state supercapacitors obtained by ALD coating of high-density carbon nanotubes bundles
    Fiorentino, Giuseppe; Vollebregt, Sten; Tichelaar, FD; Ishihara, Ryoichi; Sarro, Pasqualina M;
    In Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2014 IEEE 27th International Conference on,
    IEEE, pp. 342--345, 2014.

  163. CNT bundles growth on microhotplates for direct measurement of their thermal properties
    C. Silvestri; B. Morana; G. Fiorentino; S. Vollebregt; G. Pandraud; F. Santagata; GuoQi Zhang; P.M. Sarro;
    In 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2014),
    San Francisco, USA, Jan. 2014.
    document

  164. Carbon Nanotubes as Vertical Interconnects in 3D Integrated Circuits
    Sten Vollebregt;
    PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, 2014.
    document

  165. Size-Dependent Effects on the Temperature Coefficient of Resistance of Carbon Nanotube Vias
    Vollebregt, Sten; Banerjee, Sourish; Beenakker, Kees; Ishihara, Ryoichi;
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on,
    Volume 60, Issue 12, pp. 4085--4089, 2013.

  166. Thermal conductivity of low temperature grown vertical carbon nanotube bundles measured using the three-ω method.
    S. Vollebregt; S. Banerjee; C.I.M. Beenakker; R. Ishihara;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 102, Issue 19, pp. 1-4, 2013.

  167. Towards the integration of carbon nanotubes as vias in monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits
    S. Vollebregt; Chiaramonti A.N.; J. van der Cingel; C.I.M. Beenakker; R. Ishihara;
    Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. Part 1, Regular Papers Brief Communications & Review Papers,
    Volume 52, Issue 1-5, 2013.

  168. Integrating low temperature aligned carbon nanotubes as vertical interconnects in Si technology
    Sten Vollebregt; Ryoichi Ishihara; Jaber J. Derakhshandehohan van der Cingel; Hugo Schellevis; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In Nanoelectronic Device Applications Handbook,
    Taylor and Francis, 2013.

  169. Carbon Nanotubes as Interconnects in Integrated Circuits
    Vollebregt, S; Ishihara, R; Beenakker, CIM;
    In Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Second Edition,
    Taylor and Francis, 2013.

  170. Carbon nanotube vias fabricated at back-end of line compatible temperature using a novel CoAl catalyst
    S. Vollebregt; H. Schellevis; C.I.M. Beenakker; R. Ishihara;
    In S. Ogawa (Ed.), IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference-technical papers,
    Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 2013.

  171. Carbon Nanotube based heat-sink for solid state lighting
    F. Santagata; G. Almanno; S. Vollebregt; C Silvestri; GuoQi Zhang; P.M. Sarro;
    In 8th IEEE Int. Conf. Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS),
    pp. 1214-1217, Apr 2013. DOI 10.1109/NEMS.2013.6559937.

  172. Influence of the growth temperature on the first and second-order Raman band ratios and widths of carbon nanotubes and fibers
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; F.D. Tichelaar; Y. Hou; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    Carbon,
    Volume 50, Issue 10, pp. 3542-3554, Aug. 2012. DOI 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.03.026.

  173. Integrating carbon nanotubes as vias in a monolithic 3DIC process
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; A.N. Chiaramonti; J. van der Cingel; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In Proc. International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM 2012),
    Kyoto, Japan, pp. 1170-1171, Sep 2012.

  174. Electrical characterization of carbon nanotube vertical interconnects with different lengths and widths
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; F.D. Tichelaar; J. van der Cingel; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC 2012),
    San Jose, CA, USA, pp. 1-3, Jun. 2012. DOI 10.1109/IITC.2012.6251578.

  175. Low-temperature bottom-up integration of carbon nanotubes for vertical interconnects in monolithic 3D integrated circuits
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; J. van der Cingel; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In 3rd IEEE International 3D Systems Integration Conference (3DIC 2011),
    Osaka, Japan, Jan. 2012. DOI 10.1109/3DIC.2012.6262989.

  176. Multilayer conformal coating of highly dense Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes bundles
    G. Fiorentino; S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; P.M. Sarro;
    In 2012 12th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO),
    Birmingham, UK, Aug. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4673-2198-3; DOI 10.1109/NANO.2012.6322054.

  177. Contact resistance of low-temperature carbon nanotube vertical interconnects
    S. Vollebregt; A.N. Chiaramonti; R. Ishihara; H. Schellevis; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In K. Jiang (Ed.), 2012 12th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO),
    Birmingham, UK, Aug. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4673-2198-3; DOI 10.1109/NANO.2012.6321985.

  178. Electrical characterisation of low temperature aligned carbon nanotubes for vertical interconnects
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; J. van der Cingel; H. Schellevis; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In Proc. ICT.OPEN: Micro technology and micro devices (SAFE 2011),
    Veldhoven, The Netherlands, Nov. 2011.

  179. Use of multi-wall carbon nanotubes as an absorber in a thermal detector
    H. Wu; S. Vollebregt; A. Emadi; G. de Graaf; R. R. IshiharaF. Wolffenbuttel;
    In C. Tsamis; G. Kaltas (Ed.), Proc. Eurosensors XXV,
    Athens, Greece, Procedia Engineering, pp. 523-526, Sep. 2011. DOI 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.130.

  180. Integrating low temperature aligned carbon nanotubes as vertical interconnects in Si technology
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; J. J. Derakhshandeh. van der Cingel; H. Schellevis; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In Proc. 11th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO 2011),
    Portland, OR, pp. 985-990, Aug. 2011.

  181. Patterned aligned carbon nanotubes for vertical interconnects in 3D integrated TFT circuits
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; J. J. Derakhshandeh. van der Cingel; W.H.A. Wien; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In 7th International Thin-Film Transistor Conference,
    Cambridge, United Kingdom, Mar. 2011.

  182. Use of multi-wall carbon nanotubes as an absorber in a thermal detector
    H. Wu; S. Vollebregt; A. Emadi; G. de Graaf; R. Ishihara; R.F. Wolffenbuttel;
    In C Tsamis; G Kaltas (Ed.), 25th Eurosensors Conference,
    Elsevier, pp. 523-526, 2011.

  183. Growth of high density aligned carbon nanotubes using palladium as catalyst
    S. Vollebregt; J. Derakhshandeh; R. Ishihara; M. Y. Wu; C. I. M. Beenakker;
    Journal of Electronic Materials,
    Volume 39, Issue 4, pp. 371-375, 2010.

  184. Patterned growth of carbon nanotubes for vertical interconnect in 3D integrated circuits
    S. Vollebregt; R. Ishihara; J. Derakhshandeh; W. Wien; J. van der Cingel; C.E.M. Beenakker;
    In Proc. of SAFE 2010,
    pp. 184-187, 2010.

  185. Investigating Low Temperature High Density Aligned Carbon Nanotube and Nanofilament Growth using Palladium as Catalyst
    S. Vollebregt; J. Derakhshandeh; M.Y. Wu; R. Ishihara; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In SAFE 2009,
    STW, pp. 125-128, 2009.

  186. Growth of high density aligned carbon nanotubes using palladium as catalyst
    S. Vollebregt; J. Derakhshandeh; R. Ishihara; C.I.M. Beenakker;
    In Proceedings of Electronic Material conference 2009,
    USA, 2009.

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