Disputation by Mahdad Mohammadi

We congratulate Dr Mahdad Mohammadi on his very successful defense of his doctoral thesis on “our” highly conductive oxide SrMoO₃. The thesis focusses on the fact that SrMoO₃ is not only highly conductive but also has a high transparency. Dr Mohammadi has shown that the optical properties can be adjusted over a wide range through clever substitutions. This makes the material interesting as a replacement for the critical material indium tin oxide, but also for electronic components in oxide electronics and plasmonics. The results of the work were published in the very high-quality journal Advanced Materials (impact factor 30). Prof Dr Sascha Preu from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology was a member of the examination board as an external examiner.

We wish Mahdad all the best for the future and look forward to a publication together with the Korean No. 1 University Seoul National University in the near future!