M. Mescher, MSc
Marleen Mescher
PhD Student
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Applied Sciences
DelftChemE, Nano-Organic Chemistry
Julianalaan 136, room 1.311
Tel.: +31 (0)15-2785180, Fax: +31 (0)15-2788668
Philips Research Eindhoven
Micro Systems & Devices
HTC4 (WAG), room P 418
+31 (0)40-2744735
Email: m.mescher@tudelft.nl
Research Interests
Sensors, water quality, nanowire devices
Current Research
The United Nations estimates that about 18 percent of the world’s population lacks access to safe drinking water. There are a lot of factors that influence the quality of drinking water, among which temperature, pH, and a broad range of compounds which affect the human health on short and long term. Monitoring of water quality is therefore an important issue.
Silicon nanowire-based FETs promise large sensitivity and can be used as sensors. When these devices are modified with a selective (polymer) coating, sensitive and selective monitoring of water quality becomes possible. The development of these polymer coatings will be carried out at DCT, where the modification of the polymer coating and method for application of this coating will be investigated. The devices themselves will be investigated and developed at Philips Research.
Biography
2009- | Researcher at M2i (collaborative project with DelftChemTech and Philips Research Eindhoven). |
2007-2009 | MSc. Nanomaterials: Chemistry and Physics at Utrecht University. Master thesis performed at the Debye Institute on ‘Downconversion using praseodymium and ytterbium’ and final internship carried out at Philips Research Eindhoven). |
2002-2007 | Bachelor in Chemistry at Utrecht University |
Selected publications
Pulsed Method for Characterizing Aqueous Media Using Nanowire Field Effect Transistors, Mescher, M.; Marcelis, B.; de Smet, L.C.P.M.; Sudhölter, E.J.R.; Klootwijk, J.H. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 2011, 58, 1886-1891. [doi]
Book chapter: Organic Surface Modification of Silicon Nanowire-Based Sensor Devices, de Smet L.C.P.M.; Ullien, D.; Mescher, M.; Sudhölter, E.J.R. in Nanowires - Implementations and Applications, InTech, Abbass Hashim (Ed), Rijeka, Croatia, 2011
