- 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 am also heavily involved in the development
of the best analytical microscopes in the world via the UK SuperSTEM
project, hosted by Daresbury Laboratory. We have SuperSTEMs 1 and 2 working
well.
The staff working on the SuperSTEM project are:
Dr Andrew Bleloch
Dr Mhairi Gass
Dr Peng Wang
Dr Kasim Sader
Dr Budikha Mendes
Dr Bernard Schaffer
Iain Godfrey
Visiting scientist: Dr Ana Sanchez (final report to EPSRC on her visit and the figures)
Research students: Linshu Jiang
My publications in these various
research areas are listed on this site.
I am also very interested in educational issues, particular the education
of materials scientists and engineers, and devote a significant fraction
of my time to the UK Centre for Materials Education (UKCME).