John Robertson (physicist)

John Robertson
John Robertson in 2015
Born	1950 (age 74–75)[2] Manchester[2]
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Awards	FRS (2015)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Electronics Carbon nanotubes Amorphous carbon
Institutions	University of Cambridge Central Electricity Research Laboratories University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[2]
Thesis	Electronic States in Amorphous Semi-Conductors (1975)
Website	eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/jr214

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

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".[1]

References

1. "Professor John Robertson FRS". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015.
2. "ROBERTSON, Prof. John". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. John Robertson's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
4. "People in the Electronic Devices and Materials group". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014.
5. "Congratulations to Professors John Robertson and Zoubin Ghahramani on their elections as Fellows of the Royal Society". University of Cambridge. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
6. 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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.620.3187. doi:10.1016/S0927-796X(02)00005-0. S2CID 135487365.
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): 1785–1791. 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.