Dr.-Ing. Florian Niekiel

 

Professional Career

                                                                                                                                   
Since 2017 Research Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT), Itzehoe (Germany), Microelectromechanical systems
2013 - 2017 Research Scientist, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced in situ electron microscopy on metallic thin films
2010 - 2013 Research Assistant, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Electron microscopy and atomistic simulation

 

Contact

Dr.-Ing. Florian Niekiel
Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT)
Micro-Manufacturing Processes
Fraunhoferstr. 1, 25524 Itzehoe
Phone. +49 (0) 4821 17-1602
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Projects and Positions

                                                 
DescriptionRole
     Z1 - MEMS Magnetoelectric Sensor FabricationProject lead

 

CRC-related Publications
M. F. Niekiel, J. M. Meyer, H. Lewitz, A. Kittmann, M. A. Nowak, F. Lofink, D. Meyners, J.-H. Zollondz:  What MEMS Research and Development Can Learn from a Production Environment, Sensors, Dec., 23(12), 5549, 2023. 
J. Hoffmann, S. Roldan-Vasco, K. Krüger, F. Niekiel, C. Hansen, W. Maetzler, J. Orozco-Arroyave, G. Schmidt: Pilot Study: Magnetic Motion Analysis for Swallowing Detection Using MEMS Cantilever Actuators, MDPI Sensors, vol. 23, no. 7, 3594, 2023. 
J. Arbustini, J. Muñoz, H. Wang, E. Elzenheimer, J. Hoffmann, L. Thormählen, P. Hayes, F. Niekiel, H. Heidari, M. Höft, E. Quandt, G. Schmidt, A. Bahr: MEMS Magnetic Field Source for Frequency Conversion Approaches for ME Sensors, BMT2022 , Joint Annual Conference of the Austrian, German and Swiss Societies for Biomedical Engineering, 2022. 
S. Moench, J. M. Meyer, A. Žukauskaitė, V. Lebedev, S. Fichtner, J. Su, F. Niekiel, T. Giese, L. Thormählen, E. Quandt, F. Lofink: AlScN-Based SAW Magnetic Field Sensor for Isolated Closed-Loop Hysteretic Current Control of Switched-Mode Power Converters, IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1-4, 2022. 
J. M. Meyer, V. Schell, J. Su, S. Fichtner, E. Yarar, F. Niekiel, T. Giese, A. Kittmann, L. Thormählen, V. Lebedev, S. Moench, A. Žukauskaitė, E. Quandt, F. Lofink: Thin-Film-Based SAW Magnetic Field Sensors, Sensors, vol. 21, no. 24, 8166, 2021.
N. Wolff, S. Fichtner, B. Haas, M.R. Islam, F. Niekiel, M. Kessel, O. Ambacher, C. Koch, B. Wagner, F. Lofink, L. Kienle: Atomic Scale Confirmation of Ferroelectric Polarization Inversion in Wurtzite-Type AlScN, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 129, issue 3, 034103, 2021.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, L. Thormaehlen, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: AlScN-Based MEMS Magnetoelectric Sensor, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 117, issue 13, 132903, 2020.
S. Zuo, J. Schmalz, M.-Ö. Özden, M. Gerken, J. Su, F. Niekiel, F. Lofink, K. Nazarpour, H. Heidari: Ultrasensitive Magnetoelectric Sensing System for Pico-Tesla MagnetoMyoGraphy, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 14, issue 5, 2020.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Frequency Tunable Resonant Magnetoelectric Sensors for the Detection of Weak Magnetic Field, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 30, no. 7, 2020.
A. Kittmann, C. Müller, P. Durdaut, L. Thormählen, V. Schell, F. Niekiel, F. Lofink, D. Meyners, R. Knöchel, M. Höft, J. McCord, E. Quandt: Sensitivity and Noise Analysis of SAW Magnetic Field Sensors with varied Magnetostrictive Layer Thicknesses, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 311, 111998, 2020.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Frequency Tunable Resonant Magnetoelectric Sensors for the Detection of Weak Magnetic Field, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 30, no. 7, 2020.
F. Niekiel, J. Su, M.T. Bodduluri, T. Lisec, L. Blohm, I. Pieper, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Highly Sensitive MEMS Magnetic Field Sensors with Integrated Powder-Based Permanent Magnets, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 297, 11560, 2019.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Piezoelectric MEMS Sensors for the Detection of Weak Magnetic Signals with Adjustable Resonance, MikroSystemTechnik Kongress 2019, 28. – 30. Oktober 2019, Berlin, pp. 72-75, 2019.