Professor Silvija Gradečak, with diploma in physics, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1999, is employed at MIT, USA. Her research focuses on nano-photonics and electronics. She explores novel optoelectronic applications such as nanoscale light-emitting sources, single photon sources, or nanowire lasers. |
SILVIJA GRADEČAK is Merton C. Flemings Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Diploma in Physics, University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia), 1999 13-5094, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 Understanding the properties of such nanosystems requires multidisciplinary approach and new instrumental tools. Prof. Gradečak uses rational synthesis of free-standing nanoscale objects like nanocrystals, nanotubes, and nanowires and combine spectroscopic techniques, transport measurements and advanced electron microscopy techniques to directly correlate structural and physical properties on the nanometer scale. Experimental techniques and methodologies that are being developed as a part of her research endeavor are generally applicable to any material system where interplay between nanostructure, properties, and performance becomes significant. Selected Publications
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Prof. Silvija Gradecak Merton C. Flemings Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes are virtuoso structures borne from a mature understanding of thin films science. Their record-breaking electronic and optical characteristics promise much for 21st century technologies, were it not for the processing black art that limits control of their structure. New tools, designed for nano-patterned deposition and nano-resolution metrology, are shining light onto the natural principles governing matter in the nanometer realm& Standing Tall in the Nanometer Regime |
GRADECAK GROUP at MIT Principal Investigator Silvija Gradecak Education 2003: PhD in Physics 1999: Diploma in Physics Research Experience 2004-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow 2004: Research Associate 1999-2003: Graduate Student 1999: Undergraduate Student 1998-1999: Research Assistant Awards and Achievements 2004: Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for Prospective Researchers 2003: Diploma in Entrepreneurship Course at the CREATE Branco Weiss Chairs of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland) 2002: Organization of the scientific expedition Electrophonic Fireball Project, Terra Alta region, Spain 2001: Scholarship of Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy 1998: Organization of the scientific project International Leonid Watch Croatia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia 1996: Dean's Prize for the Best Student Project at University of Zagreb in 1995/96 Academic Year (Zagreb, Croatia) 1996: Scholarship of the City Council of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia) Research Nanotechnology, a scientific and technological discipline that takes advantage of new properties on the nanoscale, offers great promises for future applications. It explores unique properties of materials when their dimensions are comparable to the relevant correlation lengths, and requires innovative synthesis and fabrication methods. We use rational synthesis of free-standing nanoscale objects like nanowires, nanocrystals, and nanotubes and combine spectroscopic techniques, transport measurements and advanced electron microscopy techniques to directly correlate structural and physical properties on the nanometer scale. Our interdisciplinary approach combines the following sub-programs:
Experimental techniques and methodologies that are being developed as a part of our research endeavor are generally applicable to any material system where interplay between nanostructure, properties, and performance becomes significant. |
Professor Silvija Gradečak attended the primary school and the first two years of high school in her native town of Vukovar until 1991. She then had to move to the town of Varaždin due to the 1991 Serbian aggression on Croatia. We would like to remind the reader of the Vukovar Tragedy in November 18th, 1991. |