Prof. Ivo A. Hümmelgen

Prof. Ivo A. Hümmelgen
Departamento de Física
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Caixa Postal 19044
81531-990 - Curitiba PR,  Brazil


E-mail: iah@fisica.ufpr.br

Phone/Fax: ++55 - 41 - 33613645

 

Education:
BSc: Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, 1985
MSc: University of São Paulo - São Carlos, Brazil, 1987 
DSc: University of Göttingen, Germany, 1991 

 

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Charge carrier injection  and transport in conjugated polymers and blends.

Magnetic field effects in organic semiconductors, Transistors with magnetic field dependent gain.

Hybrid and all-organic vertical architecture transistors

Organic memories and oscillators.

Hybrid and Organic photovoltaic devices.

Sensors

 

THE GROUP

Post-Doctoral collaborators

Dr. Michelle S. Meruvia

Graduate Students:

Abd Rashid Bin Mohd Yusoff                                 Keli F. Seidel                                                          Lucieli Rossi

Marcia de Windson C. C. Greenshields               Mohammed Fareed Ahmed                                  Patrick Landal Athayde

Wagner Souza Machado                                      

 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: CAPES, CNPq, CT-ENERG, CT-INFRA, FINEP, Fundação Araucária, IM2C, PADCT, PRONEX, Renami, Royal Society.

 

OPPORTUNITIES: Fellowship opportunities for MSc/PhD/Post-doctoral studies in Brazil

 

Brazilian PEC-PG program: for students with Portuguese language proficiency:  http://www.capes.gov.br/cooperacao-internacional/multinacional/pec-pg  or

http://www.dce.mre.gov.br/..%5CPEC-PG%5C1_PECPG.htm 

 

TWAS/CNPq Fellowships for PhD/Post-doctoral studies in Brazil:     PhD: http://twas.ictp.it/prog/exchange/fellowships-pg/bra-pg

Post-doctoral: http://twas.ictp.it/prog/exchange/fellowships-pdoc/bra-pdoc 

 

Fellowships of the OAS - Organization of the American States:            http://www.educoas.org/portal/en/oasbecas/types.aspx?culture=en&navid=44 

 

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2009

Hybrid vertical architecture transistor with magnetic-field-dependent current amplification as organic magnetocurrent investigation tool, A. R. B. M. Yusoff and I. A. Hümmelgen, Journal of Applied Physics 106 (2009) 074505.

Very high magnetocurrent in tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum-based bipolar charge injection devices, A. R. B. M. Yusoff, W. J. da Silva, J. P. M. Serbena, M. S. Meruvia and I. A. Hümmelgen, Applied Physics Letters 94 (2009) 253305.

Vertical structure permeable-base hybrid transistor based on multilayered metal base for stable electrical characteristics, J. P. M. Serbena, J. Y. Huang, D. Ma, Z. Y. Wang and I. A. Hümmelgen, Organic Electronics 10 (2009) 357

Ambipolar permeable metal-base transistor based on NPB/C60 heterojunction, J. Huang, M. Yi, I. A. Hümmelgen and D. Ma, Organic Electronics 10 (2009) 210.

Sulfonated polyaniline/n-type silicon junctions. Silva, W. J.; Hümmelgen, I. A. ; Mello, R. M. Q. , Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Electronics, 20 (2009) 123.

2008

Vertical structure p-type permeable metal-base organic transistors based on N,N'-diphentyl-N,N'-bis(1-naphthylphenyl)-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine. Applied Physics Letters, v. 92 (2008) 232111.

High gain in hybrid transistors with BAlq3/Alq3 isotype heterostructure emitter. M. Yi, J. Huang, D. Ma, I. A. Hümmelgen, Applied Physics Letters 92 (2008) 243312.

Hybrid metal-base transistor with base of sulfonated polyaniline and fullerene emitter. W. J. da Silva, I. A. Hümmelgen, R. M. Q. Mello, D. Ma, Applied Physics Letters, 93 (2008) 053301.

Hybrid permeable metal-base transistor with large common-emitter current gain and low operational voltage. Hümmelgen, I. A. ; Feng, C. ; Yi, M. ; Yu, S. ; Zhang, T. ; Ma, D. , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8 (2008) 2037.

Large current gain and low operational voltage permeable metal-base organic transistors based on Au/Al double layer metal base. Yi, M. ; J. Huang ; Ma, D. ; Hümmelgen, I. A., Organic Electronics, 9 (2008) 539.

2007

Polymer Solar Cells Using Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Modified with Thiophene Pedant Groups. Hümmelgen, I. A. ; Nogueira, A. F. ; Lomba, B. S ; Soto-Oviedo ,M. A. ; Correia ,C. R. D. ; Corio, P. ; Furtado, C. A ., Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111(2007)18431.

Magnetic field release of trapped charges in poly(fluorenylenevinylene)s, Hümmelgen, I. A. ; Meruvia, M. S. ; Freire, J. A. O.; Gruber, J. ; Graeff, C. F. O., Organic Electronics 8 (2007) 695.

 Synthesis, morphology and device characterizations of a new organic semiconductor based on 2,6-diphenylindenofluorene, T. Hadizad, J. Zhang, D. Yan, Z. Y. Wang, J. P. M. Serbena, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hummelgen, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 18 (2007) 903.

Ferrocene-based copolymer for the sensing and discrimination of low-molecular-weight alcohols. Hümmelgen, I. A. ; Meruvia, M. S. ; Goncalves, C. S. ; Benvenho, A. R. V. ; Gruber, J. , Sensor Letters 5 (2007) 625.

High gain in hybrid transistors with vanadium oxide/tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminium emitter, M. Yi, S. Yu, C. Feng, T. Zhang, D. Ma, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hümmelgen, Organic Electronics Organic Electronics 8 (2007) 311.

High open-circuit voltage single-layer polybithiophene-based photovoltaic devices. Leguenza, E. L ; Patyk, R. L.; Mello, R. M. Q.; Micaroni, L.; Koehler, M.; Hümmelgen, I. A., Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 11 (2007) 580.

Carbon nanotube-polybithiophene photovoltaic devices with high open-circuit voltage, R. L. Patyk, B. S. Lomba, A. F. Nogueira, C. A. Furtado, A. P. Santos, R. M. Q. Mello, L. Micaroni, I. A. Hümmelgen, Phys. Stat. Sol. (RRL) 1, R43-R45 (2007).

 

2006

 

Sulfonated polyaniline/poly(3-methylthiophene)-based photovoltaic devices, R. Valsaki, F. Muchenski, R. M. Q. Mello, L. Micaroni, L. S. Roman, I. A. Hümmelgen, J. Solid State Electrochemistry, 10(2006) 24.

Hybrid molecular/inorganic semiconductor transistors in vertical architecture, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hümmelgen, Advanced Functional Materials 16 (2006) 459.

Electrodeposited p-type magnetic Metal Base Ttransistor, R. G. Delatorre, M. L. Munford, V. Stenger, A. A. Pasa, W. Schwarzacher, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hummelgen, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 8H704 (2006).

Hybrid Permeable-Base Transistors Based on an Indenofluorene Derivative, J. P. M. Serbena, I. A. Hummelgen, T. Hadizad, Z. Y. Wang,. Small 2 (2006) 372.

High current density Tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum-based hybrid transistor in vertical architecture, M. Yi, S. Yu, D. Ma, C. Feng, T. Zhang, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hummelgen,. J. Appl. Phys. 99, 106102 (2006).

p-Type Metal-Base Transistor, R. G. Delatorre, M. L. Munford, R. Zandonay, V. C. Zoldan, A. A. Pasa, W. Schwarzacher, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hummelgen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 233504 (2006).

Operation of metallic base transistors with fullerene emitter, L. Rossi, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hummelgen, W. Schwarzacher, A. A. Pasa, J. Appl. Phys. 2006, in press.

Copper phthalocyanine based hybrid p-type permeable-base transistor in vertical architecture, C. Feng, M. Yi, S. Yu, D. Ma, T. Zhang, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hummelgen,. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 203501 (2006).

Polymeric Electronic Oscillators Based on Bistable Conductance Devices, J. A. O. Freire, G. D. Moro, R. Toniolo, I. A. Hummelgen, C. A. Ferreira, Organic Electronics, 2006, in press.  

Physical and chemical characterization of poly(2-bromo-5-hexyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene) and poly(5,5'-dibromo-2,2'-bis-hexyloxy-4,4'-biphenylenevinylene) - comparison to related polymers, A. R. V. Benvenho, R. Lessmann, I. A. Hümmelgen, R. M. Q. Mello, R. W. C. Li, F. Bazito, J. Gruber, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 95 (2006) 176.

Magnetoresistive hybrid transistor in vertical architecture, M. S. Meruvia A. R. V. Benvenho, I. A. Hümmelgen, J. A. Gomez, C. F. O. Graeff, R. W. C. Li; L. H. J. M. C. Aguiar, J. Gruber, Physica Status Solidi A-Applied Research, 202 (2005) R158.

Hybrid magnetic transistor, M. S. Meruvia, A. R. V. Benvenho, I. A. Hummelgen, R. W. C. Li, L. H. J. M. C. Aguiar, J. Gruber, Solid State Commun. 139, 27 (2006).

2005

Magnetoresistive hybrid transistor in vertical architecture, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hümmelgen J. A. Gomez, C. F. O Graeff, R. W. C. Li, L. H. J. M. C. Aguiar, J. Gruber, physica status solidi (a) 202, R158 (2005).

Pseudo-metal-base transistor with high gain, M. S. Meruvia, A. R. V. Benvenho, I. A. Hümmelgen, A. A. Pasa, W. Schwarzacher, Applied Physics letters 86, 263504 (2005).

Electrical optimization of single-layer light-emitting diodes based on binary organic semiconductor blends, A. Gusso, I. A. Hümmelgen, M. G. E. da Luz, Journal of Physics - D (Applied Physics), 38, 260 (2005).

A novel soluble poly(fluorenylenevinylene) conjugated polymer: synthesis, characterization and application to optoelectronic devices, J. Gruber, R. W. C. Li, L. H. J. M. C. Aguiar, A. R. V. Benvenho, R. Lessmann, I. A. Hümmelgen, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15, 517 (2005).  

2004

Electrochemically synthesized sulfonated polyaniline layer for positive charge carrier injection improvement in conjugated polymer devices, L. S. Roman, R. M. Q. Mello, F. Cunha, I. A. Hümmelgen, Journal Of Solid State Electrochemistry, v. 8, p. 118-121, 2004.

Organic Electronic Pulse Generator, R. Toniolo, C. M. Lepienski, I. A. Hümmelgen Electronics Letters, v. 40, n. 9, p. 566-567, 2004.

Organic-metal-semiconductor transistor with high gain, M. S. Meruvia, I. A. Hümmelgen, M. L. Sartorelli, A. A. Pasa, W. Schawarzacher, Applied Physics Letters, v. 84, n. 20, p. 3978-3980, 2004.

Photovoltaics based on thin electrodeposited bilayers of poly(3-methylthiophene) and polypyrrole, I. A. Hümmelgen, R. Valaski, L. S. Roman, L. Micaroni, E. C. Rios, R. M. Q. Mello, Physica Status Solidi A-Applied Research, Alemanha, v. 201, n. 5, p. 842-849, 2004.

Poly(3-methylthiophene)-based photovoltaic devices prepared onto tin-oxide/sulfonated-polyaniline electrodes, R. Valaski, R. Lessmann, L. S. Roman, I. A. Hümmelgen, R. M. Q. Mello, L. Micaroni, Electrochemistry Communications, Holanda, v. 6, p. 357-360, 2004.

Simple and fast organic device encapsulation using polyisobutene, R. Toniolo, I. A. Hümmelgen, Macromeolecular Materials And Engineering, v. 289, n. 4, p. 311-314, 2004.

Surface roughness of electropolymerized polyaniline and sulfonatedpolyaniline layers, L. F. O. Martins, R. M. Q. Mello, M. L. Sartorelli, I. A. Hümmelgen, A. A. Pasa, Physica Status Solidi A-Applied Research, Alemanha, v. 201, n. 5, p. 902-907, 2004.

Thin copolymer-based light-emitting display made with fluorine-doped tin oxide substrates, R. Lessmann, I. A. Hümmelgen, Materials Research, v. 7, n. 13, p. 467-471, 2004.

Last updated: September 2, 2009