Roman Yatskiv (Jackiv), Ph.D.

Research interests:

Photoluminescence spectroscopy of compound semiconductors;
Electrical characterization of semiconductor materials;
Growth and characterization of low-dimensional semiconductor structures.

Education:

2007: Ph.D.: Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Microelectronics. Specialization: Electronics.

2002: Mgr.: Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Electronics and Power Engineering.

Current research projects:

Principal investigator of the projects:

• Study of charge transport mechanisms in graphene-semiconductor junctions
• Study of the optoelectronic properties of hybrid heterojunction
• Glasses transmitting infrared radiation based on heavy metal oxides

Member of projects:

• Nanostructured heterojunctions for chemiresistors
• Growth mechanisms of solution-grown one-dimensional semiconductor structures on patterned substrates

Selected past projects:

Principal investigator of the projects:

• Electrophoretic deposition of nanostructured ZnO films and their use in hazardous gas detection
• Study of metal nanoparticle layers deposited by electrophoresis on semiconductor III-V-N compounds
  
• The role of transition metals and rare earth elements in the preparation of materials based on InP for radiation detectors

Laboratories:

• Laboratory for optical characterization of materials
• Laboratory for electrical characterization of materials

Selected publications:

1. Yatskiv R, Brus VV, Verde M, Grym J, Gladkov P. Electrical and optical properties of graphite/ZnO nanorods heterojunctions. Carbon. Oct 2014;77:1011-1019.
2. Yatskiv R, Grym J, Zdansky K, Piksova K. Semimetal graphite/ZnO Schottky diodes and their use for hydrogen sensing. Carbon. Aug 2012;50(10):3928-3933.
3. Yatskiv R, Grym J. Temperature-dependent properties of semimetal graphite-ZnO Schottky diodes. Appl Phys Lett. 2012;101(16):162106.
4. Cernohorsky O, Grym J, Yatskiv R, Pham VH, Dickerson JH. Insight into Nanoparticle Charging Mechanism in Nonpolar Solvents To Control the Formation of Pt Nanoparticle Monolayers by Electrophoretic Deposition. Acs Appl Mater Inter. 2016-Aug-3 2016;8(30):19680-19690.
5. Yatskiv R, Grym J, Gladkov P, et al. Room temperature hydrogen sensing with the graphite/ZnO nanorod junctions decorated with Pt nanoparticles. Solid State Electron. 2016;116:124-129.
6. Yatskiv R, Grym J, Verde M. Graphite/ZnO nanorods junction for ultraviolet photodetectors. Solid State Electron. Mar 2015;105:70-73.
7. Yatskiv R, Grym J, Brus VV, et al. Transport properties of metal–semiconductor junctions on n-type InP prepared by electrophoretic deposition of Pt nanoparticles. Semicond Sci Tech. 2014;29(4):045017.
8. Kosyachenko LA, Yatskiv R, Yurtsenyuk NS, Maslyanchuk OL, Grym J. Graphite/CdMnTe Schottky diodes and their electrical characteristics. Semicond Sci Tech. Jan 2014;29(1):015006.

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