Science, Technology and Engineering

Centre for Materials and Surface Science

Principal Areas of Research

• Electronic bandstructure determinations of III/V and II/VI semiconductors using angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy in conjunction with synchrotron radiation (details)
• Investigation of the topology of the Fermi surface of metals and alloys (details)
• Development of novel high resolution electron spectrometers (details)
• Molecular Beam Epitaxy of III-V and II-VI semiconductors.
• Surface analysis of polymer films.
• Surface science studies of antimony-free lead grid electrodes in low maintenance lead-acid batteries.
• X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy studies of new piezoelectric and magnetic materials, synthesized at La Trobe.
• XPS studies of rare-earth-fluoride ion-selective electrodes, with particular emphasis on crystal growth and surface reactivity.
• Irradiation-modification of Metal-Semiconductor interface properties.
• X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction studies of Adsorbates.
• Electron Stimulated Desorption from GaAs surfaces.
• Cluster-ion photodissociation spectroscopy directed to the study of weak molecular interactions.
• Electrospray mass spectrometry of ion-clusters in solution.
• Molecular orbital calculations on large molecules including buckminsterfullerene adducts and small polysaccharide and polypeptide systems.