Publications:

 

  1.  V. Borjanović, I.Kovačević, B.Šantić, and B. Pivac: Deep Levels in Oxygen doped EFG Poly-Si; Materials Science & Engineering, B 71 (2000) 292-296.
  2. B. Pivac, I. Kovačević, and V. Borjanović: Defects in carbon and oxygen implanted p-type silicon, Nuclear Instrum. And Methods in Phys. Res. B 186 (2001) 355-359.
  3. B. Pivac, I. Kovačević, and V. Borjanović: Point Defects in Carbon-Rich Polycrystalline Silicon, Solid State Phenomena 80-81 (2001) 115-120.
  4. B. Pivac, V. Borjanović,  I. Kovačević, B. N. Evtody, and E. Katz: Comparative studies of EFG ribbon poly-Si grown by different procedures, Sol. Cells & Sol. En. Mater. 72 (2002) 183-189.
  5. V. Borjanović, I. Kovačević, H. Zorc, and B. Pivac: Irradiation effects on polycristalline silicon, Sol. Cells & Sol. En. Mater  72 (2002) 487-494.
  6. B. Pivac, I. Kovačević, and I. Zulim: Defects Induced in Amorphous Silicon Thin Films by Light Soaking, Thin Solid Films 403-403 (2002) 513-516.
  7. I.Kovačević, V. Borjanovic, B.Pivac: Interstitial defects in ion-implanted Si, Vacuum 71 (2003) 129.
  8. B.Pivac, M.Pavlovic, I.Kovačević, B.Etlinger, I.Zulim: Light induced defects in amorphous silicon thin film, Vacuum 71 (2003) 135.
  9. I Kovačević, V P Markevich, I D Hawkins, B Pivac and A R Peaker: Vacancy related complexes in neutron irradiated silicon, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17  (2005) S2229.
  10. I. Kovačević and B.Pivac: Defect production in g-irradiated silicon at different temperatures, Vacuum 80 (2005) 223.
  11. I. Kovačević, P. Dubček, H. Zorc, N. Radić, B. Pivac, and S. Bernstorff: GISAXS characterization of Ge islands on Si(100) substrates, Vacuum 80 (2005) 69.
  12. I. Kovačević, B.Pivac, P. Dubček, N. Radić, S. Bernstorff and A.Slaoui: A GISAXS study of SiO/SiO2 superlattice, Thin Solid Films 511-512 (2006) 463.
  13. B.Pivac, I. Kovačević,  P. Dubček, N. Radić, S. Bernstorff and A.Slaoui: Self-organized growth of Ge islands on Si(100) substrates, Thin Solid Films 511-512 (2006) 153.
  14. B. Pivac, P. Dubcek, I. Kovačević, S. Bernstorff, R. Mu, M. Wu, A. Ueda and B. Vlahovic: GISAXS study of gold implanted fused silica, Scripta Materialia 55 (2006) 135.
  15. B.Pivac, I. Kovačević,  P. Dubček, N. Radić, S. Bernstorff: GISAXS study of Si nanocrystals formation in SiO2 thin films,Thin Solid Films 515 (2006) 756.
  16. N. Radić, B.Pivac, P. Dubček, I. Kovačević, S. Bernstorff: Growth of Ge islands on Si substrates, Thin Solid Films 515 (2006) 752.
  17. A. R. Peaker, V. Markevich, J. Slotte, M. Rummukainen, I. Capan, B. Pivac, R. Gwilliam, C. Jeynes, L. Dobaczewski: Understanding Ion Implantation Defects in Germanium, ECS Trans. 3 (2006) 67.
  18. S. Bernstorff, P. Dubcek, B. Pivac, I. Kovačević, A. Sassella, A. Borghesi: GIXR and GISAXS study of silicon oxinitride films, Applied Surface Science 253 (2006) 33.
  19. I. Kovačević, B. Pivac, R. Jačimović, M.K. Khan, V.P. Markevich, and A.R. Peaker, Defects induced by irradiation with fast neutrons in n-type germanium,  Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 9 (2006) 606.
  20. I. Kovačević, B. Pivac, P. Dubček, H. Zorc, N. Radić, S. Bernstorff, M. Campione, and A. Sassella, Formation of Ge islands from a Ge layer on Si substrate during post-growth annealing, Applied Surface Science 253 (2007) 3034.
  21. S. Bernstorff, P. Dubček, I. Kovačević, N. Radić, B. Pivac: Si nanostructures in SiO2 films, Thin Solid Films 515 (2007) 5637
  22. A. Misiuk, B. Surma, J. Bak-Misiuk, C.A. Londos, P. Vagovič, I. Kovacevic, B. Pivac, W. Jung and M. Prujszczyk: Revealing the radiation – induced effects in silicon by processing at enhanced temperatures – pressures, Radiation Measurements 42 (2007) 688.
  23. I. Kovacević, P. Dubcek, S. Duguay, H. Zorc, N. Radić, B. Pivac, A. Slaoui and S. Bernstorff: Silicon nanoparticles formation in annealed SiO/SiO2 multilayers, Physica E 38 (2007) 50.
  24. I. Capan, V. Borjanović, and B. Pivac:  Dislocation-related deep levels in carbon rich p-type polycrystalline silicon, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 91 (2007) 931.
  25. V.P. Markevich, A.R. Peaker, I. Capan, S.B. Lastovskii, L. Dobaczewski, V.V. Emtsev and N.V. Abrosimov: Electrically active defects induced by irradiations with electrons, neutrons and ions in Ge-rich SiGe alloys, Physica B: Condensed Matter 401-402 (2007) 184.
  26. P. Dubcek, B. Pivac, I. Capan, S. Bernstorff, R. Mu, B. Vlahovic: Evolution of nanoparticles in gold-implanted glass, Vacuum 82 (2008) 130
  27. B. Pivac, P. Dubcek, I. Capan, N.Radic, S. Bernstorff: GISAXS study of Si nanoclusters in SiO/SiO2 layers, Vacuum 82 (2008) 189.
  28. A.R. Peaker, V. P. Markevich, J. Slotte, K. Kuitunen, F. Tuomisto, A. Satta, E. Simoen, I. Capan, B. Pivac and  R. Jačimović:  Vacancy Clusters in Germanium, Solid State Phenomena 131-133 (2008) 125
  29. B. Pivac, P. Dubček, I. Capan, H. Zorc, S. Bernstorff, S. Duguay, A.Slaoui: Structural analysis of annealed amorphous SiO/SiO2 superlattice, Thin Solid Films 516 (2008) 6796.
  30. K. Wieteska, A. Misiuk, M. Prujszczyk, W. Wierzchowski, B. Surma, J. Bąk-Misiuk, P. Romanowski, A. Shalimov, I. Capan, D. Yang and W. Graeff:  Revealing the Defects Introduced in N- or Ge-doped Cz-Si by γ Irradiation and High Temperature-High Pressure Treatment, Acta Physica Polonica A 114 (2008) 439.
  31. K. Kuitunen, F. Tuomisto, J. Slotte,  I. Capan:  Divacancy clustering in neutron-irradiated and annealed n -type germanium , Physical Review B 78 (2008) 033202.
  32. B. Pivac, P. Dubcek, I. Capan, I. Zulim, T. Betti, H. Zorc, S. Bernstorff: Nano Si Superlattices for the Next Generation Solar Cells, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 9 (2009) 3853.
  33. I. Capan, B. Pivac, I.D. Hawkins, V.P. Markevich, A.R. Peaker, L. Dobaczewski and R. Jačimović: Neutron-irradiation-induced defects in germanium: A Laplace deep level transient spectroscopy study, Vacuum  84 (2010) 32.
  34. J. Slotte, K. Kuitunen, S. Kilpelainen, F. Tuomisto, I. Capan, Divacancies at room temperature in germanium, Thin Solid Films 518 (2010) 2314.
  35. B. Novoselnik, M. Pilipovic, R. Jacimovic, B. Pivac, R. Slunjski, I. Capan, Capacitance changes in neutron irradiated n-type silicon; the flux effect, Nuclear Instrum. And Methods in Phys. Res. B, 268 (2010) 2400.
  36. M. Buljan, J. Grenzer, V.Holý, N. Radic,T. Misic-Radic, S. Levichev, S. Bernstorff, B. Pivac and I. Capan, Structural and charge trapping properties of two bi-layer (Ge+SiO2)/SiO2 films deposited on rippled substrate, Applied Physics Letters 97 (2010) 163117.
  37. Robert Slunjski, Ivana Capan, Branko Pivac, Alessia Le Donne, Simona Binetti, Effects of low-temperature annealing on polycrystalline silicon for solar cells, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95 (2011) 559.
  38. I. Capan, B.Pivac, and R. Slunjski, Electrical characterisation of Si-SiO2 structures, physica status solidi (c) 8 (2011) 816.   
  39. Ivana Capan, Maja Buljan, Tea Misic-Radic, Branko Pivac, Nikola Radic, Joerg Grenzer, Vaclav Holy, S. Levichev, and Sigrid Bernstorff, Electrical Characterization of Ge Nanocrystals in Oxide Matrix, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 1305 (2011) 53.
  40. I. Capan, J. Bak-Misiuk, B. Pivac, P. Dubček, A. Misiuk, S. Bernstorff and P.Romanowski, Defects in silicon introduced by helium implantation and subsequent annealing, Radiation Physics and Chemistry 80 (2011) 1099.
  41. Željko Pastuović, Ettore Vittone, Ivana Capan, Milko Jakšić, Probability of divacancy trap production in silicon diodes exposed to focused ion beam irradiation, Applied Physics Letters 98 (2011) 092101.
  42.  Ivana Capan, Vesna Janicki, Radojko Jacimovic, and Branko Pivac, C-V and DLTS Studies of Radiation Induced Si-SiO2 Interface Defects, Nuclear Instrum. And Methods in Phys. Res. B 282 (2012) 59.
  43. J. Martín-Sánchez, A. Chahboun, M. J. M. Gomes, A. G. Rolo, B. Pivac, and I. Capan, Carrier storage in Ge nanoparticles produced by pulsed laser deposition, physica status solidi rapid RRL 6 (2012) 223.
  44. E. M. F. Vieira, J. Martín-Sánchez, A. G. Rolo, A. Parisini, M. Buljan, I. Capan, E. Alves, N. P. Barradas, O. Conde, S. Bernstorff, A. Chahboun, S. Levichev, M. J. M. Gomes, Structural and electrical studies of ultrathin layers with Si0.7Ge0.3 nanocrystals confined in a SiGe/SiO2 superlattice,  Journal of Applied Physics (2012), in press

 

 

Talk presentations:

 

1.  «Neutron Irradiation Induced Defects in Silicon; Interstitial clusters?», Hydrogen in Silicon Meeting, 21.-22.11.2002., UMIST, Manchester, UK.

2. «Temperature dependent defect production in gamma irradiated silicon», 17-29.07.2004., Radiation Effects in Solids, Erice, Italy

3. «Electrically active defects induced by neutron irradiation in silicon», 25.-29.09.2004. 1st CADRES Workshop, Catania, Italy

4. «Germanij – poluvodič budućnosti?», 01.02.2007. Zavodski kolokvij, Zavod za primijenjenu fiziku, FER, Zagreb (invited seminar)

5.  «Električki aktivni defekti u siliciju i germaniju uvedeni zračenjem», 17.05.2007. Seminar ZFM-a, IRB, Zagreb

6.  “Structural properties of Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiO2”, 21.-25.05.2007, MIPRO, Opatija.

7. “Radijacioni defekti u germaniju”, 05.06.2008., Pristupno predavanje, IRB, Zagreb

8. "Laplace transform spectroscopy studies of radiation induced defects in germanium", 22-26.09.2008, JVC-12, Balatonalmadi, Hungary (invited talk)

9.  “Nanostructures for the next generation of semiconductor devices”, 29-30.06.2009, Croatian - Japanese Workshop on Materials Science, Zagreb, Croatia

10. “Germanium…new perspectives“, 30.09.2009, Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, Université de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France (invited seminar)

11. «Radiation induced defects in silicon and germanium », 23.10.2009, Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia (invited seminar)

12. “Laplace DLTS”, 25.11.2009., Radionica-Nove napredne metode u istraživanju materijala, IRB-Zagreb

13. “DLTS study of defects … from point-like defects to quantum dots”, 06.09.2010, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France (invited seminar)

14. «Electrical characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals: The role of interface», 02-03.06.2011., 18th Vacuum Meeting, Bohinj, Slovenija (invited talk).

15. «Electrical characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals», 08.07.2011, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (inivited seminar)

16. «Electrical characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals», 9-12.11.2011, COST NanoTP, Trieste, Italy (invited talk)

17. »Electrically active defects induced by radiation», 12.04.2012, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia (seminar)

18. «Electrically active defect in semiconductors induced by radiation», 7-10.05.2012, 2nd RBI Detector Workshop, Plitvice Lakes, Croatia (talk)

 

 

 

 

Poster presentations at conferences/workshops/schools:

 

1.         Scientific meeting of Croatian Physical Society, 1-3.12.1999.,Zagreb,Croatia.

2.         8th Joint Vacuum Conference, 4-9.6.2000., Pula, Croatia.

4.         8th Joint meeting of Croatian and Slovenian Vacuum societies, 23.5.2001., Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenija.

5.         Scientific meeting of Croatian Physical Society, 5-7.12.2001.,Zagreb,Croatia.

6.         9th Joint Vacuum Conference, 16-20.6.2002., Seggau, Austria.        

7.         New Directions in Mesoscopic Physics (Towards Nanoscience), 20.7.-1.8.2002., Erice, Italy.

8.         The Physics of Group IV Semiconductors, 07.-10.04.2003., Exeter, UK.

      9.        Radiation Effects in Solids, 17-29.07.2004., Erice, Italy

     10.       E-MRS Spring Meeting 2005, Strasbourg, France.

     11.       E-MRS Spring Meeting 2006, Nice, France.

12.       2nd GISAXS Workshop, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.

13.       E-MRS Spring Meeting 2010, Strasbourg, France.

14.       MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA.

15.       E-MRS Spring Meeting, 2011, Nice, France.

16.       E-MRS Spring Metting 2012, Strasbourg, France

 

Schools/Workshops:

  

1. 22.4.-24.5.2002., School on Synchrotron Radiation, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.

2. 20.7.-1.8.2002., New Directions in Mesoscopic Physics (Towards Nanoscience), Erice, Italy.

3. 31.03.-01.04.2003., Introduction to Ion Beam Technology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

4. 17-29.07.2004., Radiation Effects in Solids, Erice, Italy

5.  05-10.09.2004. , Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies, Losinj Summer School, Mali Lošinj, HR

6.  07-18.02.2005., Winter College on Optics and Photonics in Nanoscience and Technology, ICTP, Trieste,Italy.

7.  07.-12.03.2005., 4th European Winter School (NESY 2005), Research with Neutron And Synchrotron Radiation, Planneralm, Austria

8.   22-27.10.2006., 50th IUVSTA Workshop, Dubrovnik, HR

9.  09.-11.05.2007. 2nd GISAXS Workshop, DESY, Hamburg, Germany