John Robertson (physicist)

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John Robertson
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John Robertson in 2015
Born1950 (age 70–71)[1]
Manchester[1]
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
AwardsFRS (2015)[2]
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisElectronic States in Amorphous Semi-Conductors. (1975)
Websiteeng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/jr214

John Robertson FRS[2] (born 1950) is a Professor of Electronics, in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is a leading specialist in the theory of amorphous carbon and related materials.[3][4][5]

Education[]

Robertson received his Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy[6] degrees from the University of Cambridge. His PhD was awarded in 1975 for research on electronic states in amorphous semiconductors.[6]

Research and career[]

Following his PhD, Robertson worked at the Central Electricity Research Laboratories for 18 years,[citation needed] and in 1994 returned to Cambridge. He has published over 600 journal papers with around 33,000 citations.[3] His main topic of research is theory of carbon materials.[7][8][9][10][11] Other research interests include: carbon nanotubes, graphene, chemical vapour deposition, electronic applications (experimental and calculation); modelling of CVD mechanisms; carbon interconnects, carbon conductors, carbon for supercapacitors; high-κ dielectrics for complementary metal oxide semiconductor transistors; high-κ oxides on high mobility substrates such as InGaAs, Ge (modelling); transparent conducting oxides, amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOS) such as indium gallium zinc oxide, their thin film transistors, instability mechanisms (calculations); density functional calculations of semiconductors, oxides, carbon materials, and hybrid density functional calculations for correct band gaps; functional oxides, TiO2.[5][4]

His research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).[12]

Awards and honours[]

Robertson is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Materials Research Society, and an Emeritus Editor of the journal Diamond and Related Materials.[13] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015,[14] his certificate of election reads: "In recognition of his sustained contribution to the production and development of electronic devices".[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "ROBERTSON, Prof. John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Professor John Robertson FRS". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b John Robertson's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "People in the Electronic Devices and Materials group". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Congratulations to Professors John Robertson and Zoubin Ghahramani on their elections as Fellows of the Royal Society". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Robertson, John (1975). Electronic States in Amorphous Semi-Conductors (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 500550417.
  7. ^ Ferrari, A.; Robertson, J. (2000). "Interpretation of Raman spectra of disordered and amorphous carbon". Physical Review B. 61 (20): 14095. Bibcode:2000PhRvB..6114095F. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.61.14095.
  8. ^ Robertson, J. (2002). "Diamond-like amorphous carbon". Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports. 37 (4–6): 129–281. doi:10.1016/S0927-796X(02)00005-0.
  9. ^ Robertson, J. (2000). "Band offsets of wide-band-gap oxides and implications for future electronic devices". Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures. 18 (3): 1785. Bibcode:2000JVSTB..18.1785R. doi:10.1116/1.591472.
  10. ^ Robertson, J. (1986). "Amorphous carbon". Advances in Physics. 35 (4): 317–374. Bibcode:1986AdPhy..35..317R. doi:10.1080/00018738600101911.
  11. ^ Robertson, J.; O'Reilly, E. (1987). "Electronic and atomic structure of amorphous carbon". Physical Review B. 35 (6): 2946–2957. Bibcode:1987PhRvB..35.2946R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.35.2946. PMID 9941778.
  12. ^ "UK Government Research Grants awarded to John Robertson". Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
  13. ^ Diamond and Related Materials Editorial Board. journals.elsevier.com
  14. ^ "Professor John Robertson FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
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