Research
Head of Mass Spectrometry and Instrumentation Research Group (School of EEE-CS)
Research Interest 1
Research interests inlcude: Miniature Mass Spectometry, Microelectronics and MEMS, Nanotechnology, Thin film dielectrics for MOS, Quantum Computation using Ion traps,
Research groups
Research grants
High Resolution Silicon Strip Detectors for portable spectroscopy
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
May 2015 - August 2016
Ambient Processing of Polymeric Web: Advanced Diagnostics and Applications
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2013 - November 2016
Femtosecond Laser Manufacturing of Opto-Electronic and Engineering Components.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2000 - October 2003
KEL09/01 - Development of a miniature ion trap mass spectrometer using RP techniques
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2009 - May 2011
0.03um Vertical Shallow Trench CMOS Technology (VST-CMOS).
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2000 - June 2004
Selective laser melting of high aspect ratio 3D microelectromechanical (MEM) devices and components - an engineering of functional materials proposal.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2005 - August 2006
Monitoring respiratory gases using a novel miniature mass spectrometer.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2005 - May 2006
Carbon Based Electronics: A National Consortium.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2002 - November 2006
Silicon Microengineered Platforms for Arrayed Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 1999 - January 2001
KEL12/28 - Miniature ion trap system for deployment in harsh environments
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2012 - August 2012
Design and simulation of advanced quadrupole mass spectrometers
AWE MANAGEMENT LTD (UK)
September 2008 - April 2009
Development and Exploitation of a Commercial Plasma Oxidation System.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2000 - January 2003
Atomic layer deposition of Hafnium-nitride and Lanthanide nitrides
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2007 - March 2011
SF6 Emission Monitoring with Mass Spectrometry.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2003 - March 2006
Liquid injection ALD of Cp- based precursers for deposition of dielectric materials.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2006 - October 2009
Integration of III-nitride materials with silicon microsystem technologies.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2001 - February 2004
MOCVD of lanthanide oxides and silicates for microelectronics applications.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2004 - October 2007
Artificial Sniffer using linear ion trap mass spectroscopy (SNIFFLES).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2012 - July 2015
Microengineering of Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers using RP techniques
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2007 - October 2008
Research collaborations
Prof R.Graham Cooks
Purdue University
Sabbatical visit to Purdue University for collaborative research
Prof W.Lange
The University of Sussex
Quantum Information Processing
Prof Paul Chalker
Characterisation of electronic materials
Prof Tony Jones
High k dielectric characterisation
Dr J.F. Ralph
Using microengineered ion traps for quantum information processing