polycrystalline CVD diamond films produced by Hot Filament CVD and MW plasma-enhanced CVD, focussing particularly on their electron emission properties. During 1999-2003, he developed a technique for the selective growth and patterning of CVD diamond films on metal-patterned glass and silicon substrates, employing inkjet printing methods to dispense nanoparticle diamond as a seeding layer. Since 2003, he has also been associated with more fundamental projects exploring the growth and characterisation of ZnO nanostructures.
His previous research includes PLA of graphite in N2 depositing CNx thin films with a view to producing mechanically hard thin films with improved electrical conductivity and analysis of the resulting plume in order to understand the reactive ablation process. He has also carried out research into the growth and characterisation of CVD diamond using Hot Filament and MW plasma-enhanced CVD techniques. He is proficient in material analysis tools such as, Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. His primary role as a project scientist is to design and develop the means to deposit diamond emitters onto glass baseplates by both 'wet' and 'dry' printing techniques and engineer a method to construct and test the diamond cathodes.
Dr. Suzanne Furkert has recently completed a Ph.D. in Physics at Bristol University. She was sponsored by Renishaw, an instrumentation company, and by a grant from the University of Bristol. She studied Silicon Carbide, a wide band gap semiconductor similar to diamond. Her work involved characterisation and investigation of the electrical properties of defects, and determining the effects of crystal dopant levels on their behaviour. The defects were created by electron irradiation and ion implantation. She is proficient in material analysis tools including Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy. Previous research work includes a study of Sonoluminescence properties in California in 1998, and Earths field NMR work on Antarctic Sea ice in 1999 and 2000. She has an interest in glass working and holds a scientific glassblowing certificate. Her primary role as a project scientist is to perform material characterisation using micro and nanostructural analysis equipment in order to gain a clearer insight into the operation of lithiated nanodiamond emitters.
Dr. Gareth Fuge obtained a B.Sc. in chemical physics in 2001 and has recently completed a Ph.D. in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol. His Ph.D. research was on the structural, optical and electrical characterisation of undoped and doped Diamond-like carbon thin films (and also alloys of C, P, O, N) deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLA). His previous research includes PLA of graphite in N2 depositing CNx thin films with a view to producing mechanically hard thin films with improved electrical conductivity and analysis of the resulting plume in order to understand the reactive ablation process. He has also carried out research into the growth and characterisation of CVD diamond using Hot Filament and MW plasma-enhanced CVD techniques. He is proficient in material analysis tools such as, Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. His primary role as a project scientist is to design and develop the means to deposit diamond emitters onto glass baseplates by both 'wet' and 'dry' printing techniques and engineer a method to construct and test the diamond cathodes.
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