Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics

 Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siow Kim Shyong

Senior Research Fellow 

Phone:+60389118542
E-mail: kimsiow@ukm.edu.my
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Kim S Siow is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Before joining IMEN, he has worked as a materials engineer at Infineon Technologies, ON Semiconductor and the National University of Singapore. His research is multi-displinary in the area of surface modification using plasma technologies for biomaterials, sensors and microfluidic application and joining technologies using sintered silver for power electronics applications. He also reviews journal papers regularly for more than 20 international journals from Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Taylor-Francis and IEEE Transactions. Besides academic qualifications, he is also a certified Project Management Professional PMP® since 2009 and MATRiZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) Practitioner Level 3 since 2018.

His most recent book is here: Die Attach Materials for High Temperature Applications in Microelectronics Packaging (Springer-Nature), 2018 .

more about Dr. Kim S Siow at Researchgate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kim_Siow

 

EDUCATIONS

  • PhD in Engineering (Minerals and Materials) from University of South Australia, 2007
  • Master of Laws in Intellectual Properties from University of Turin-WIPO, 2018
  • Masters of Applied Science (Materials Engineering) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Materials Engineering) with Honours from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1997.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

1. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK), CEng MIMMM
2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (USA), Senior Member; Executive Committee membere incl. IEEE EPS Malaysia Cahor person 2014-2015).
3. Institute of Materials Malaysia, Member

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

1. Electronic materials for interconnect such as lead free solders, sinter silver etc.
2. Thermal management materials for microelectronic packaging
3. Plasma treatment and plasma polymerization

 

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

  • Plasma Modification for Biomaterials and Agriculture Application

Our teams are designing and building low pressure and atmospheric plasma modification to produce 1) anti-bacterial/ viral coatings and (2) anti-fouling/protein repelling for medical device applications (e.g., implants or MEMS) or even everyday items, if the cost structure permits.  Another application is the use of plasma modifications to promote seed germination and fungicidal treatment to improve seed quality to address the food security issue.  We look at fundamental and applied knowledge of this field by demonstrating the plasma efficacy in this application using surface analysis tools, not limited to x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, optical emission spectroscopy, and biological tests.

  • Bonding: Sintered Metallic Particles (Silver or Copper) for Microelectronics Packaging.

Sintered metallic particles, such as silver and copper, are used as high temperature die attach materials (> 200oC) because of their excellent mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties.  Compared to solder joints, these sintered joints are used in niche applications like those in power electronics to cater to the wide-bandgap semiconductor i.e., gallium nitride and silicon carbide.  Here, we carried out the different reliability assessments of these sintered joints and the microstructural studies of these Ag joints.  The Principal Investigator (PI) has also conducted one day course on sintered silver technology for the industry in Singapore.

  • Patent Analytics and Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)

We use the principles and methodology from TRIZ to solve inventive problems confronting daily engineering and even laboratory-related issues (refer to figure).  TRIZ methodology is a well-established methodology practiced at Samsung, Hyundai, Procter & Gamble (P&G). The PI has also provided the certified Level 1 Malaysian TRIZ training to the industry as well as academics.   His other area of interest is related TRIZ-based and law-based patent circumvention (Note: PI holds an LLM (IP) from UniTo and MATRIZ level 3)

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SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATION

  1. Xu L, Guo Y., Su, Y., Siow K.S., Chen C., Constitutive, creep, and fatigue behavior of sintered Ag for finite element simulation of mechanical reliability: a critical review. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07474-1
  2. Ahmed, N., Masood, A., Siow, K.S., A. W.,Wee, M. M. R Farah FH, Patra, A, Nafarizal N, Soon, CF, Effects of Oxygen (O2) Plasma Treatment in Promoting the Germination and Growth of Chili. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 42, 91–108 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-021-10206-2
  3. Suhaimi A, Mahmoudi E, Latif, R, Siow KS, Zaid, MHM, Mohammad, AWWee,(2021). Superhydrophilic organosilicon plasma modification on PES membrane for organic dyes filtration. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 44, 102352. https://10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102352
  4. Suhaimi, A., Mahmoudi, E., Siow, KS, Mohammad, A. W.,Wee, M. M. R Nitrogen incorporation by plasma polymerization of heptylamine on PES membrane for removal of anionic dye (Congo red). International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 18.6 (2021): 1443-1452. https://10.1007/s13762-020-02879-7 (3rd August 2020)
  5. Shan Y, Mei Y, Wang M, Li X, Tian Y, Chen G, Siow KS, Ratcheting Behavior of Sintered Copper Joint for Electronic Packaging, IEEE Transactions CPMT, 2021, 11(6), 983-989, DOI:  10.1109/TCPMT.2021.3070020 (31st March 2021)
  6. Ahmed N, Masood A, Siow KS, Wee MFMR, Auliya RZ, Ho WK. Effect of H2O-Based Low-Pressure Plasma  Treatment on the Germination of Bambara Groundnut Seeds. Agronomy, 11(2), 2021, 338. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020338 (9th February 2021)
  7. Chen TF, Siow KS, Comparing the mechanical and thermal-electrical properties of sintered copper (Cu) and sintered silver (Ag) joints, Journal Alloy and Compound, 2021, 866, 15878. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.158783 (15th January 2021)
  8. Siow KS, Arifah R, Amnani A. & Ng PY, 2021. Effect of sulfur on nitrogen-containing plasma polymers in promoting osteogenic differentiation of Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells. Sains Malaysiana, 2021, 50 (1), 239-251. DOI: 10.17576/jsm-2021-5001-23 (14th June 2020)
  9. Suhaimi A., Mahmoudi E., Siow KS, Mohammad A.W., Mohd Razip Wee M.F, Surface Modification of Polyamide Ultrafiltration Membrane by Plasma Polymerisation of Acrylic Acid, Sains Malaysiana, 49(12), 2020, 3043-3050. https:// 10.17576/jsm-2020-4912-17 (28th August 2020)
  10. Siow KS, Chua ST, Thermal Ageing Studies of Sintered Micron-Silver (Ag) Joint as a Lead-Free Bonding, Metals and Materials International, 2020, DOI:10.1007/s12540-019-00394-0
  11. Nur A.K., Lee KH, Siow KS, Mokhtar M, Psychological and sociological perspectives for good governance of sustainable nanotechnology development in Malaysia, 2019, J Nanoparticles Research, 21, 164, DOI:10.1007/s11051-019-4583-5
  12. Siow KS, Chua ST, Thermal Cycling of Sintered Silver (Ag) Joint as Die-Attach Material, JOM, 2019, DOI: 10.1007/s11837-019-03461-4
  13. Meyghani B., Awang M., Bokam P., Plank B., Heinzl C., Siow KS, Finite Element Modeling of Nano Porous Sintered Silver Material Using Computed Tomography Images, Material Science and Engineering Technology,“Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik”, 2019, 50, 533-538.DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201800231
  14. Meyghani B,Awang M, Emamian S, Plank B, Christoph H, Siow KS, Stress Analysis of Nano porous Material using Computed Tomography Images, Material Science and Engineering Technology ”Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik”, 2019, 50, 234-239. DOI:10.1002/mawe.201800206
  15. Siow KS, Chua ST, B., Zuruzi AS, Influence of Sintering Environment on Silver Sintered on Copper Substrate, Journal of Materials Science: Electronic Materials, 2019, 30 (6), 6212-6223. DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-00924-x
  16. Siow KS, Britcher L, Kumar S, Griesser, HJQCM-D and XPS Study of Protein Adsorption on Plasma Polymers with Sulfonate and Phosphonate Surface Group, Colloids and Interface B, 2019, 173 (1), 447-453 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.10.015
  17. Izzuddin MAS, Buyong MR, Siow KS, BY Majlis,Dielectrophoresis Velocities Response on Tapered Electrode Profile: Simulation and Experimental, Microelectronics International, 2018, DOI: 10.1108/MI-06-2018-0037
  18. Siow KS, Britcher L, Kumar S, Griesser HJ, XPS Study of Sulfur and Phosphorus Compounds with Different Oxidation States,Sains Malaysiana, 2018,47(8), 1911–1920 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4708-33
  19. Siow KS, Low Pressure Plasma Modifications for the Generation of Hydrophobic Coatings for Biomaterials Applications, Plasma Process. Polym. 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201800059
  20. Y Xie, Y Wang, Y Mei, H Xie, K Zhang, S Feng, Siow KS, X Li, GQ Lu, Rapid sintering of nano-Ag paste at low current to bond large area (> 100 mm2) power chips for electronics packaging, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 255, 644-649, 2018 DOI:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.01.017
  21. MA Zulkefli , MA Mohamed, Siow KS, K. Jothiramalingam, M. Manoharan and H. Mizuta, “Stress Analysis of Perforated Graphene Nano-Electro-Mechanical (NEM) Contact Switches by 3D Finite Element Simulation”, Microsystem Technologies, (2017), available online.
  22. D Wang, Y Mei, Siow KS, X Li, GQ Lu, Roles of palladium particles in enhancing the electrochemical migration resistance of sintered nano-silver paste as a bonding material, Materials Letters, 206, pg1-4, (2017),
  23. Chen TF, Siow KS, Ng PY, Burhanuddin YM, “Enhancing the Biocompatibility of the Polyurethane Methacrylate and Off-Stoichiometry Thiol-Ene Polymers by Argon and Nitrogen Plasma Treatment”, Materials Science Engineering C 79, 613-621 . DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.05.091
  24. M.F.M.R. Wee, M. Addouche, KS. Siow, A. R.M Zain, A. Elayouch, F. Chollet, A. Khelif, Guiding and confinement of interface acoustic waves in solid-fluid pillar-based phononic crystals, AIP Advances, DOI: 10.1063/1.4968609
  25. K.S. Siow, L. Britcher, S. Kumar, H.J. Griesser, 2016, “Plasma Polymers Containing Sulfur and their Co-Polymers with 1,7 Octadiene: Chemical and Structural Analysis “, Plasma Process. Polym. 2017, 14(3), e1600044, DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201600044
  26. Chan YW, Siow KS, Ng PY, U Gires, Burhanuddin YM, “Plasma Polymerized Carvone as An Antibacterial and Biocompatible Coating”, Materials Science Engineering C (Elsevier), 2016, C68, (2016), 861-871. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.07.040
  27. Chen TF, Siow KS, Ng PY, Nai MH, Lim CT, Burhanuddin YM, Ageing Properties of Polyurethane Methacrylate and Off-Stoichiometry Thiol-Ene Polymers after Nitrogen and Argon Plasma Treatment, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (Wiley), Nov 2016, 133, 42, 44107, DOI: 10.1002/APP.44107.
  28. Chua ST, Kim S Siow, Microstructural studies and bonding strength of pressureless sintered nano-silver joints on silver, direct bond copper (DBC) and copper substrates aged at 300 °C, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 687, 486-498. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.06.132
  29. Kim S Siow and Y. T. Lin, “Identifying the Development State of Sintered Silver (Ag) as Bonding Material in Microelectronic Packaging via A Patent Landscape Study”, Journal of Electronic Packaging, 2016, 138, 020804-1 to 020804-13. DOI: 10.1115/1.4033069
  30. Kim S. Siow, S. Kumar, HJ. Griesser, Low-Pressure Plasma Methods for Generating Non-Reactive Hydrophilic and Hydrogel-Like Bio-Interface Coatings – A Review, Plasma Processes and Polymers, 2015, 12 (1), 8-24
  31. Kim S. Siow, Are Sintered Silver Joints Ready for Use as Interconnect? Material in Microelectronic Packaging? Journal of Electronic Materials, 2014, 43 (4), 947-961.
  32. Kim S. Siow, L. Britcher, S. Kumar, HJ. Griesser, Deposition and XPS and FTIR Analysis of Plasma Polymer Coatings Containing Phosphorus, Plasma Processes and Polymers, 2014, 11, 133-141.
  33. Kim S. Siow, Mechanical properties of nano-silver joints as die attach materials Journal of Alloys Compound., 2012, 514, 6-19.
  34. KS Siow, L Britcher, S Kumar, HJ Griesser, Sulfonated surfaces by sulfur dioxide plasma surface treatment of plasma polymer films, Plasma Polymers and Processes, 2009, 6, 583-592.
  35. KS Siow, L Britcher, S Kumar, HJ Griesser, Plasma-produced sulfated surfaces for biomaterials applications, Tissue Engineering, 2007, 13(4), 890. special issue for 2nd International Congress on Regenerative Biology and Bio-Nano-Interface, Stuttgart, Germany, 9-11th October, 2006.
  36. KS Siow, L Britcher, S Kumar, HJ Griesser, Plasma methods for the generation of chemically reactive surfaces for biomolecule immobilization – A Review, Plasma Polymers and Processes, 2006, 3, 392-418.
  37. K Mohan, KS Siow, R Jayakanthan, AO Andrew Tay, A study on microstructural and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline nickel, International Journal of Nanoscience, 2005, 4 (4), 615-622.
  38. KS Siow and M Manoharan, Mixed Mode fracture toughness of lead tin and tin silver solder joints with nickel plated substrate, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2005, 404, 244-250.
  39. KS Siow, AO Andrew Tay, and P Oruganti, Mechanical properties of nanocrystalline copper and nickel, Materials Science and Technology, March 2004, 20,285-294
  40. KS Siow, TY Song and JH Qiu, Pitting corrosion of duplex stainless steels, Anti Corrosion Methods and Materials, 2001, 48 no. 1, 31-36.
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