Mingjian Wu

Dr. Mingjian Wu

CENEM Staff

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Chair of Micro- and Nanostructure Research

Room: Raum 01.138
Cauerstraße 3
91058 Erlangen
  • Biography

I am an enthusiastic “nano-photographer” with almost 15 years of experience in electron microscopy, developing and applying cutting-edge microscopy, diffraction, and spectroscopy techniques combined with in-situ and in-operando approaches and data science tools to obtain unique insights in a wide spectrum of modern functional materials.

I studied Materials Science and obtained Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Hunan University, China. Afterward, I moved to Berlin, Germany. I worked at the Paul-Drude-Institute for solid state electronics with Dr. Achim Trampert on structural phase stability in III-V semiconductors. With a top honor grade “summa cum laude”, I obtained doctor degree in Natural Science (Dr. rer. nat.) in Humboldt Universität zu Berlin in 2014. After a short stay in Finland (as a candidate for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship), I joined the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research at FAU in 2015.

I am currently a senior staff scientist at the institute, with major roles (amongst others) as
+ scientific advisor in various projects, offering cutting-edge electron microscopy/spectroscopy expertise
+ facility supervisor/manager of a double Cs-corrected, monochromated Titan Themis and co-supervisor of a probe-corrected Spectra 200 TEMs

My current research topics cover the following aspects:
methodologies,
+ diffraction-based methods, 4D-STEM, detector technology, and data analysis routines
+ high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy of nanostructured materials and devices
+ phase contrast electron microscopy techniques (particular differential phase contrast)
+ in-situ electron microscopy techniques and novel preparation methods
materials,
+ extended defects in nano-structured semiconductors, metals, and thin films
+ nano-particulate systems, nano-alloys, and intermetallics
+ beam-sensitive organic/inorganic materials for photovoltaic and optoelectronics

Besides, I also offer teaching activities in the following curricular
+ Electron Microscopy I (Master course; in winter semesters, responsible for exercises: 2 ECTS)
+ Electron Microscopy II (in summer semesters, responsible for lecture & exercise: 5 ECTS total)
+ Lab course of Nanotechnology (Master level lab course in winter semesters: 2 ECTS)

  • Honors and awards

+ Outstanding Paper Award (OPA) by the European Microscopy Society (EMS), 2023, Awarded in Busan, Korea
+ Best poster prize at Microscopy Conference 2017 (MC2017), Lausanne, Switzerland
+ “Summa cum laude” for doctorate, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 2014, Germany
+ “Helmet Alexander Award” in International Conference on Extended Defects in Semiconductors 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece

  • Selected Publications

+ M. Wu*, C. Harreiss, C. Ophus, M. Johnson, R. H. Fink, and E. Spiecker*, Seeing Structural Evolution of Organic Molecular Nano-crystallites Using 4D Scanning Confocal Electron Diffraction. Nature Communications 13 (2022) 2911. Outstanding Paper Award by the European Microscopy Society
+ B. Fritsch*, M. Wu*, A. Hutzler, D. Zhou, R. Spruit, L. Vogl, and E. Spiecker*, Sub-Kelvin thermometry for evaluating the local temperature stability within in situ TEM gas cells. Ultramicroscopy, 235 (2022) 113494.
+ M. Wu*, A. Tafel, P. Hommelhoff, and E, Spiecker. Determination of 3D electrostatic field at an electron nano-emitter. Applied Physics Letter, 114 (2019) 013101.
Featured article (Editors’ choice) & Cover paper
+ Mingjian Wu*, and Erdmann Spiecker. Correlative micro-diffraction and differential phase contrast study of mean inner potential and subtle beam-specimen interaction. Ultramicroscopy 176, (2017) 233.
+ M. Wu*, E. Luna, J. Puustinen, M. Guina, and A. Trampert, Formation and phase transformation of Bi-containing QD-like clusters in annealed GaAsBi thin films. Nanotechnology 25, (2014) 205605. Highly cited paper in the field of dilute-Bi semiconductors

 

Invited talks, seminars and school lectures (click to expand)

  • M. Wu, Structural insights into organic semiconductors and solar cells, Electron Microscopy Seminar Series, Stanford University, CA, USA. 26. Jan. 2024
  • M. Wu, Structural insights into organic semiconductors and solar cells, National Laboratory of Nanotechnology (LNNano), Campinas, SP, Brazil. 13. Nov. 2023
  • M. Wu, Structural insights into organic semiconductors and solar cells, 29 CSBMM & CIASEM XVII, Olinda, PE, Brazil. 9-10. Nov. 2023
  • M. Wu, Structural insights into organic semiconductors and solar cells, International Congress of Microscopy 2023, Busan, South Korea. 10-14. Sep. 2023
  • M. Wu, Structural insights into organic semiconductors and solar cells, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China. 22. Aug. 2023
  • M. Wu, Seeing Structural Evolution of Organic Molecular Nano-crystallites using 4D Scanning Confocal Electron Diffraction, M&M 2022, Portland, OR, USA. 01-04. Aug. 2022
  • M. Wu, Seeing a hot nano-cosmos: new opportunities enabled by in situ heating TEM, University of Antewerp, Antewerp, Belgium. 18. Jun. 2019
  • M. Wu, Determination of nanoscale 3D electrostatic field at electron field emitter, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. 15. Nov. 2017
  • M. Wu, Elucidating the formation of Bi-rich nano-clusters in annealed Ga(As,Bi) epilayers by transmission electron microscopy, Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology (SIMIT), CAS, Shanghai, China. 14. Sep. 2017
  • M. Wu, Determination of nanoscale 3D electrostatic field at electron field emitter, Institute of Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. 11. Aug. 2017
  • M. Wu, E. Luna, J. Puustinen, M. Guina and A. Trampert, Morphological instabilities in Ga(As, Bi), University of Turku, Turku, Finland. 21. Aug. 2014
  • M. Wu, Pathway to Doctorate: Made in Germany, Hunan University, China. 24. Feb. 2014
  • M. Wu, E. Luna, J. Puustinen, M. Guina and A. Trampert, Formation and phase transformation of Bi-containing clusters in annealed GaAsBi, COST MP0805 Final Meeting, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 24–26 September 2013

 

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