John Robertson (physicist)
John Robertson | |
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| File:Professor John Robertson FRS.jpg John Robertson in 2015 | |
| Born | 1950 (age 75–76)[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Awards | FRS (2015)[1] |
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| Thesis | Electronic States in Amorphous Semi-Conductors (1975) |
| Website | eng |
John Robertson FRS[1] (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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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".[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2020.[15]
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- Members of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering
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- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Fellows of the IEEE
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering