Research
Research Interest 1
I am no longer research active. I have always been fascinated by electron microscopy, and most of my professional career involved the application of EM to problems in materials science. I have worked on (inter alia) - The determination of stacking fault energies in metals - The structure of carbon fibres - The behaviour of inert gases in metals - The structure of interfaces, mainly in metals and semiconductors - The microstructure of strained layer III-V compound semiconductors - The growth of GaAs by chemical beam epitaxy - The characterisation of quantum dots. I was also heavily involved in the development of the best analytical microscopes in the world via the UK SuperSTEM project, hosted by Daresbury Laboratory. I am also very interested in educational issues, particularly the education of materials scientists and engineers, and devote a significant fraction of my time to the UK Centre for Materials Education.
Research grants
Low Energy Loss EELS for materials science.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2001 - October 2004
SuperSTEM - the UK aberration-corrected STEM facility.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2006 - September 2011
Development and application of aberration-corrected electron microscopy (SuperSTEM).
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2003 - March 2008
Laboratory Refurbishment Scheme for Nanotechnology.
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
July 2003 - December 2003
Composites on tour (COMPOTOUR).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2002 - December 2002
A Cluster tool for processing III-V semiconductors.
HIGHER EDUCATION FUND COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND (UK)
January 1999 - December 2001
Composites on tour - A mobile exhibition.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2003 - August 2003
Ultra high resolution composition determination from HREM and STEM images.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2004 - February 2005
Secondary ion mass spectroscopy for chemical microscopy.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 1998 - May 2001
Functionalised advanced materials engineering of hybrids and ceramics (FAME).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
October 2004 - September 2008
Unit-cell level assembly of complex oxides - developing a new synthetic method for oxide chemistry.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2004 - September 2007
Research collaborations
Prof A J Craven
University of Glasgow
Joint investigators for SuperSTEM
Prof R M Brydson
The University of Leeds
Joint grant-holders for SuperSTEM