anyone work in the semiconductor industry?

[spectastic]

I want to study polymers, and merge with my studies with applications in electronics such as OSC's, OPV's, and such devices. I know graphene is a really exciting area right now. I'm currently in the oil&gas industry doing process stuff. It. I'd like to get a synopsis on what work is like for a chemical/materials scientist in the electronics industry.

 

 

[nero]

On 5/28/2014 at 11:00 AM, spectastic said:

I want to study polymers, and merge with my studies with applications in electronics such as OSC's, OPV's, and such devices. I know graphene is a really exciting area right now. I'm currently in the oil&gas industry doing process stuff. It. I'd like to get a synopsis on what work is like for a chemical/materials scientist in the electronics industry.

 

 

Hi, I work in a semiconductor fab as a process engineer. Even though my background is ECE, I am currently more involved in material science work. My team works in thin-film deposition for microchips. The work basically involves understanding how process parameters can have an effect on material properties (especially optical and electrical properties). Also, on the go, you get to learn a lot of cool stuffs like plasma physics and thermal behavior in nano-scale as well as other physical properties.