UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Institute of Technology
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

News, Publications, Patents

Heiko O. Jacobs

Heterogeneous Integration Laboratory (HIL)
Enabling ~ Integration-Across-Length-Scales-&-Material-Boundaries
Through ~ Printing-Transfer-&-Engineered-Self-Assembly
Incorporating ~ Nanoparticle/wires-Microscopic-Dies & Chiplets

News Reports:

1. June 5, 2014, Science Magazine, Editors' Choice, "Faster ways to flexible electronics" highlights Advanced Materials communication on the Realization of Rubber-like Lighting Module using Roll-to-Roll Self-Assembly.
2. July 16, 2014, The German Welt der Physik, Spotlights research at the Technische Universität Ilmenau and University of Minnesota in an Article "Lichtpaneele fertigen sich wie von selbst".
3. July 10, 2014, Nanowerk, Spotlights research at the Technische Universität Ilmenau and University of Minnesota in an Article "Self-assembly machine - a vision for the future of manufacturing".
4. July 4, 2014, The German Physics Portal and the Magazine Optik & Photonik, Highlights research at the Technische Universität Ilmenau and University of Minnesota in an Article "Makroelektronik: Schneller produzieren ohne Roboter".
5. July 4, 2014, Advanced Materials Cover, A recent publication of the research team has been selected by the editors of Advanced Materials to be featured on the inside Cover.
6. May 25, 2011, Nature Materials, "Mosaic Masters" highlights R. Knuesel and H.O. Jacobs' Advanced Materials communication on Self-Tiling.
7. June 24, 2011, Advanced Materials Cover, Self-Tiling Monocrystalline Silicon; a Process to Produce Electrically Connected Domains of Si and Microconcentrator Solar Cell Modules on Plastic Supports.
8. January 14, 2010, Science Magazine, "Shrinkage," featuring UMN research on printable electronics in their January science shot series.
9. January 14, 2010, Futura Techno, A French technology news outlet highlights Zheng and Jacobs research on Self-Packaging: "Les puces Èlectroniques pourraient se fabriquer toutes seals" publication.
10. January 13-31, 2010, Numerous news outlets (BBC, Ars Technica, Herald, Popular Science, DiscoverMag, TCE Today, TGdaily, Softpedia, Treeh, Golem, News-in-Tech, Printed Electronics World, Green Diary, Engadget, Your Renewable News, Power & Energy, The Green Optimistic, Solar, Ethiopian Review, Energetika, Newstrack India, Physorg, Elektroniktidningen, Rozhlas, Inovacao Tecnologica, Telepolis and many more) report on a recent PNAS article describing a fluidic self-assembly process forming a flexible solar cells.
11. January 13, 2010, Golem, A german technology news outlet highlights UMN research in "Solarzelle aus dem Öl-Wasser-Bad" article.
12. January 13, 2010, PNAS, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science flags and highlights R. Knuesel and H.O. Jacobs research article on self-assembling electronics and photovoltaics to be of interest to the broader community and media.
13. January 12, 2010, BBC News, Interviews Jacobs and releases a news segment "Solar cells made through oil-and-water 'self-assembly'" that day.
14. January 12, 2010, Popular Science, Salad Science: Devices Self-Assemble Using Oil-Water Repulsion.
15. January 12, 2010, Ars Technica, Interviews Jacobs and releases the news segment "Self-assembling solar arrays as easy as mixing oil and water" that day.
16. January 12, 2010, DISCOVER Magazine Blog, Self-Assembling Solar Panels Use the Vinaigrette Principle.
17. September 18, 2009, Applied Physics Letters Cover, Continuous Nanoparticle Generation and Assembly by Atmospheric Pressure Arc Discharge.
18. June 16, 2008, Photonics Spectra, Controlled Growth of ZnO Microcrystals Achieved.
19. June 11, 2008, Nature Photonics, Under Control.
20. May 16, 2008, Materials Views, ZnO Micro/Nanocrystal Growth.
21. April 21, 2008, Advanced Materials Inside Cover, Controlled Growth of ZnO Micro/Nanocrystals.
22. January 27, 2006, Graduate Student Chad Barry wins Nanoparticle Industry Innovation Award.
23. November 22, 2006, Graduate Student Chad Barry Receives MRS Student Research Gold Award - Directed Assembly of Nanomaterials. [More]
24. May 1, 2005, Advanced Functional Materials Cover, Fabrication of Multicomponent Microsystems.
25. September 25, 2004, Science News, Bartending lessons for microassembly. [More]
26. September 6, 2004, The Dallas Morning news, Self-Assembly Principle Offers Eseful Devices.
27. October 28, 2003, Nanotechweb.org, Nanoxerography sets the pattern.
28. October 21, 2003, NanoBusiness Alliance, In The Spotlight.
29. October 13, 2003, MIT Technology Review, Process Prints Nanoparticles.
30. September 26, 2003, Nanoforum - European Nanotechnology Gateway, Small Copiers, Editors' Choice.
31. September 26, 2003, Science Magazine, Small Copiers. [More]
32. February 2, 2003, National Science Foundation, CAREER Award.
33. November 27, 2002, Nature Publishing Group, Nanoscale Photocopies.
34. November 25, 2002, Materials News from MRS, Nanoxerography: Creating nanoscale photocopies.
35. November 4, 2002, Adanced Materials Cover, Approaching Nanoxerography.
36. August 1, 2002, Discover Magazine, Computer Screens Get Ready to Roll.
37. July 1, 2002, Photonics Spectra, Shake-and-Bend Techniques Builds Displays.
38. April 20, 2002, NewScientist, Bend me, shake me.
39. April 17/24, 2002, Technology Research News, Add ingredients, shake and serve.
40. April 15, 2002, Chemical & Engineering News, SELF-ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.
41. March 21, 2001, Technology Research News, Rubber stamp leaves electronic mark.
42. July/August, 2001, MIT Technology Review, Gold Standard.

Conference Proceedings:

1. Jesse J. Cole, En-Chiang Lin, Forrest Johnson, Jun Fang, and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Nanowire Integration Processes to Gain Control over Location, Dimension, and Orientation," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Atlanta, GA (2011).
2. Jesse J. Cole, En-Chiang Lin, Jun Fang, Forrest Johnson, and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Gas Phase Nanoxerographic Nanomaterial Integration," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Atlanta, GA (2011).
3. Robert J. Knuesel, Se-Chul Park, and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Self-Packaging and Self-Mounting of Miniaturized Semiconductor Dies Across Length Scales and 3D Topologies," Proc. Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (FNANO10), Snowbird, Utah (2010).
4. Robert J. Knuesel, Wei Zheng, Jaehoon Chung, Se-Chul Park, Michael J. Motala, and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Directed Assembly: Integration of Heterogeneous Systems Across Length Scales and Material Boundaries," Proc. NSF ECCS Grantees Conference, Honolulu, HI (2010).
5. Robert J. Knuesel, Se-Chul Park, Michael J. Motala, and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Scaling Limits of Programmable Fluidic Self-Assembly Forming Electrical Interconnects," Proc. NSF ECCS Grantees Conference, Honolulu, HI (2010).
6. Chris Smith, Jesse Cole, En-Chiang Lin and Heiko O. Jacobs, "ZnO Nanorod LEDs and Silicon Nanowire Integration," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Honolulu, HI (2009).
7. Jesse J. Cole, En-Chiang Lin, Chad Barry and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Gas Phase Nanomaterial Integration," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Honolulu, HI (2009).
8. Jesse J. Cole and Heiko O. Jacobs, "ZnO Patterned Growth and Transfer Gaining Control over Location, Dimension, and Orientation forming UV LEDs and Photovoltaic Cells," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Honolulu, HI (2009).
9. Jesse J. Cole and Heiko O. Jacobs, "ZnO Microcrystals for Light Emitting Diode and Photovoltaic Applications with Integration on Flexible Substrates," Proc. Materials Research Society Symp. PP Materials and Devices for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics, San Francisco, CA (2009).
10. Robert J. Knuesel and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Fluidic Surface-Tension-Directed Self-Assembly of Miniaturized Semiconductor Dies Across Length Scales and 3D Topologies," Proc. Materials Research Society Symp. BB Material Systems and Processes for Three-Dimensional Micro- and Nanoscale Fabrication and Lithography, San Francisco, CA (2009).
11. Chad Barry, Xinyu Wang, Uwe Kortshagen and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Gas Phase Nanoparticle Integration," Proc. Materials Research Society Symp. N Printing Methods for Electronics, Photonics and Biomaterials, San Francisco, CA (2007).
12. Robert Knuesel, Shameek Bose, Wei Zheng and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Angular Orientation-Specific Directed Self-assembly and Integration of Ultra Small Dies," Proc. NSTI-Nanotech Conference, Santa Clara, CA (2007).
13. Chad R. Barry and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Gas Phase Nanoparticle Integration," Proc. NSTI-Nanotech Conference, Santa Clara, CA (2007).
14. Xinyu Wang, Jesse Cole, Amir M. Dabiran and Heiko O Jacobs, "Electroluminescence of ZnO Nanowire/p-GaN Heterojunction Light Emitting Diodes," Proc. NSTI-Nanotech Conference, Santa Clara, CA (2007).
15. Robert Knuesel, Shameek Bose, Wei Zheng and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Engineered Solder-Directed Self-Assembly Across Length Scales, in Materials, Processes, Integration, and Reliability in Advanced Interconnects for Micro- and Nano-Electronics," Proc. Materials Research Society 990 edited by Robert Miller and Dorel Toma (2007).
16. Xinyu Wang, Jesse Cole, Amir Dabiran and Heiko O. Jacobs, "ZnO Nanowire/p-GaN Heterojunction LEDs, in Applications of Nanotubes and Nanowires," Proc. Materials Research Society 1018E edited by Phaedon Avouris (2007).
17. Chad R. Barry, Aaron M. Welle, Jie Gu, Stephen A. Campbell and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Printing of Nanoparticles with Sub-100nm Resolution," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (2005).
18. Yongping Ding, Ying Dong, Stephen A. Campbell and Heiko O. Jacobs, "Field-Effect Transistor Built with a Single Crystal Si Nanoparticle," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (2005).
19. Chad R. Barry, Aaron M. Welle, Uwe Kortshagen, Stephen A. Campbell and Heiko O. Jacobs, "From Electric Nanocontact Lithography to the Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Based Devices," Proc. Nanoarchitectonics, Tsukuba, Japan (2005).
20. W. Zheng, J.H. Chung and H. O. Jacobs, "Non-Robotic Fabrication of Packaged Microsystems By Shape-And-Solder directed Self-Assembly," Proc. 18th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2005), Miami Beach, FL (2005).
21. J.H. Chung, W. Zheng and H. O. Jacobs, "Programmable Reconfigurable Self-Assembly: Approaching The Parallel Heterogeneous Integration on Flexible Substrates," Proc. 18th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2005), Miami Beach, FL (2005).
22. J. Basu, R. Divarkar, J. Deneen, X. Wang, H.O. Jacobs and C.B. Carter, "Interfaces of ZnO Nanowires Grown on Semiconducting Surfaces," Proc. Microscopy and Microanalysis Conference, Chicago, IL (2005).
23. C. R. Barry, N. Z. Lwin, M.G. Steward and H. O. Jacobs, "Nanoparticle Assembly by Nanoxerography," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Dallas, TX (2004).
24. C. R. Barry, C. J. Hoon and H. O. Jacobs, "Approaching Programmable Self-Assembly from Nanoparticle-Based Devices to Integrated Circuits," Proc. Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices (FNANO), Snowbird, UT (Invited) (2004).
25. J. Gu, C. R. Barry and H. O. Jacobs, "NanoXerography: The Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Building Blocks onto Charged Based Receptors," Proc. 7th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Wiesbaden, Germany (2004).
26. Michael G. Steward, Chad R. Barry, Stephen A. Campbell and Heiko O. Jacobs, "NanoXerography: The Use of Electrostatic Forces to Pattern Nanoparticles," Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Birmingham, AL (2003).
27. H. O. Jacobs, "Patterning of Electrons and Holes for Data Storage and High Resolution Charge Based Printing," Proc. 7th International Conference on Nanometer-scale Science and Technology, NANO-7/ECOSS-21 A2183, Malmo, Sweden (2002).