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Tamar Segal-Peretz

  • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

  • Contact: tamarps@gmail.com
    773.702.3181

Dr. Segal-Peretz obtained her BS in biochemical engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 2006. She then worked for two years as a photolithography engineer in the semiconductor industry, returning to the Technion for her graduate studies in the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Multidisciplinary Program. Under the guidance of Professor Gitti Frey, Tamar investigated charge generation at organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaic materials, discovering new methods to control the hybrid interface’s chemical composition and to correlate this composition to the photovoltaic device performance. Tamar was the recipient of Eshkol Fellowship for outstanding graduate students, awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, from 2011 to 2013, and has been granted the National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science of the Weizmann Institute.

Dr. Segal-Peretz is a Director Postdoctoral Fellow at Argonne National Lab, where she harnesses Argonne’s state-of-the-art facilities to explore new frontiers in directed self-assembly of block copolymers. A list of her publications can be found on Google Scholar and her LinkedIn profile details her professional history.

Dr. Segal-Peretz is investigating the 3-D structure of thick block-copolymers films and how these structures can be utilized in renewable energy applications. Her research employs ALD-based technique, sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS), with directed self-assembly tools to create high aspect ratio, metal and metal oxide structures for the next generation of solar cells and membranes. Dr. Segal-Peretz is developing methods to control the 3-D structure of the directed block-copolymer film by employing various techniques such as patterning, thermal annealing, and solvent annealing.

Studying the effects of chemistry and geometry on DSA hole-shrink process in three-dimensions

Zhou, Chun, et al. "Studying the effects of chemistry and geometry on DSA hole-shrink process in three-dimensions." Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS 17.3 (2018): 031203.

Derivation of Multiple Covarying Material and Process Parameters Using Physics-Based Modeling of X-ray Data

Gurdaman Khaira, Manolis Doxastakis, Alec Bowen, Jiaxing Ren, Hyo Seon Suh, Tamar Segal-Peretz, Xuanxuan Chen, Chun Zhou, Adam F. Hannon, Nicola J. Ferrier, Venkatram Vishwanath, Daniel F. Sunday, Roel Gronheid, R. Joseph Kline, Juan J. de Pablo, Paul F. Nealey. Multiple Covarying Material and Process Parameters Using Physics-Based Modeling of X-ray Data. Macromolecules. 7793. Vol. 50, Pg. 7783.

Derivation of multiple covarying material and process parameters using physics-based modeling of X-ray data

Khaira, Gurdaman, et al. "Derivation of multiple covarying material and process parameters using physics-based modeling of X-ray data." Macromolecules 50.19 (2017): 7783-7793.

Quantitative three-dimensional characterization of block copolymer directed self-assembly on combined chemical and topographical prepatterned templates

Segal-Peretz, Tamar, et al. "Quantitative three-dimensional characterization of block copolymer directed self-assembly on combined chemical and topographical prepatterned templates." ACS nano 11.2 (2017): 1307-1319.

Post-directed-self-assembly membrane fabrication for in situ analysis of block copolymer structures

J Ren, L E Ocola, R Divan, D A Czaplewski, T Segal-Peretz, S Xiong, R J Kline, C G Arges and P F Nealey. Post-directed-self-assembly membrane fabrication for in situ analysis of block copolymer structures. Nanotechnology. 2016. Vol. 27, Pg. 435303.

Molecular pathways for defect annihilation in directed self-assembly

Hur, SM; Thapar, V; Ramirez-Hernandez, A; Khaira, G; Segal-Peretz, T; Rincon-Delgadillo, PA; Li, WH; Muller, M; Nealey, PF; de Pablo, JJ. Molecular pathways for defect annihilation in directed self-assembly. PNAS. 2015. Vol. 112, Pg. 14144–14149.

Molecular pathways for defect annihilation in directed self-assembly

Hur, Su-Mi, et al. "Molecular pathways for defect annihilation in directed self-assembly." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112.46 (2015): 14144-14149.

Characterizing the Three-Dimensional Structure of Block Copolymers via Sequential Infiltration Synth

Segal-Peretz, T.; Winterstein, J.; Doxastakis, M.; Ramirez-Hernandez, A.; Biswas, M.; Ren, J.; Suh, H.S.; Darling, S.B.; Liddle, J.A.; Elam, J.W.; de Pablo, J.J.; Zaluzec, N.J.; Nealey, P.F.. Characterizing the Three-Dimensional Structure of Block Copolymers via Sequential Infiltration Synth. ACS Nano. 2015. Vol. 9, Pg. 5333–5347.

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