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Professor
and Reader of Physics
University of Melbourne
Deputy Director Microanalytical Research Centre, UM
Program Manager Hybrid Optical-Solid State Quantum Computing,
Centre for Quantum Computer Technology
Research
Interests
My
interests are in the physics of materials. Materials have been the
enabling technology for many revolutions in the history of the world.
Witness the impact of metals, plastics, and most recently silicon
and consider how our lives have been changed by our ability to make,
fashion, and transform materials for specific applications. My specific
interest lies in the development of new electronic materials capable
of operating in harsh, corrosive environments, and materials suitable
for very bright flat panel displays (such as those used in lap-tops).
Such materials include diamond and the newly developed galium nitride
which is the basis of blue lasers.
A natural
outgrowth of this interest in materials is the challenge to construct
a quantum computer based on the controlled placement of single P
atoms in a silicon matrix, and the development of techniques to
image these nanostructures using scanning probe microscopies and
other techniques.
My
key research interests include
- Fabrication
of quantum computer architectures using ion implantation techniques.
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Interaction of ion beams with materials studied at the atomic
level using scanning probe microscopies.
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Synthesis, characterization and modification of carbon allotropes,
including diamond.
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Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanostructures via
ion implantation.
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UV Raman Microscopy and near field microscopy.
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UHV Scanning Probe Microscopy of Advanced Materials.
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Fabrication of materials using pulsed laser deposition techniques.
Select
publications
(NB over 150 refereeed publications in total)
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Structural
Investigation of Xenon Ion Beam Irradiated Glassy Carbon.
McCulloch, P.G., Prawer, S. and Hoffman, A.
Phys. Rev. B. 50: 5905-5917 (1994).
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The
ion beam induced transformation of diamond.
Prawer, S. and Kalish, R.
Phys. Rev. B51: 15711-15722 (1995).
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Ion
beam modification of Buckminsterfullerene.
Prawer, S., Nugent, K.W., Biggs, S., McCulloch, D., Leong, W.H.,
Hoffman, A. and Kalish, R.
Phys. Rev. B52: 841-849 (1995).
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Polarization
dependence of the Raman spectra of CVD diamond films.
Prawer, S., Nugent, K.W., and Weiser, P.S.
Applied Physics Letters 65: 2248-2250 (1994)..
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"Formation
of Buried P-Type Conducting Layers in Diamond",
Walker, R. Prawer, S., Jamieson, D.N., Nugent, K.W., and Kalish,
R.,
Applied Physics Letters, 71, 1492-1494,. (1997)..
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The
Raman Spectrum of Amoprhous sp3 bonded carbon,
Prawer, S., Jamieson, D.N., and Nugent, KW.
Diamond and Related Materials, 7, 106-110, (1998).
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"Ion
Implantation of Diamond and Diamond Films",
Kalish R. and Prawer S.
in Industrial Handbook for Diamond and Diamond Films:
edited by M.A. Prelas, G. Popovici, and L.K. Bigelow, Marcel
Dekker, New York, (1998), 945-981. .
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"Formation
of Delta Doped Buried Conducting Layers in Diamond by High Energy
B Ion Implantation",
Uzan-Saguy,C., Kalish, R., Walker, R., Jamieson, D.N., and Prawer,
S.,
Diamond and Related Materials, 7, 1429-1432, (1998)..
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"Electrical
Isolation of GaN by ion implantation Damage: Experiment and
Model",
Uzan-Saguy, C., Salzman, J., Kalish, R., Richter, V., Tish,
U., Zamir, S., and Prawer, S.,
Applied Physics Letters 74(17):2441-2443, (1999).
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"Thermal Stability and Relaxation in DLC; A Raman study of
Films with different sp3 fractions (ta-C to a-C)",
Kalish, R., Lifshitz, Y., Nugent K., and Prawer, S.,
Applied Physics Letters, 74(20):2936-2938, (1999).
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"Raman
Investigation of the Nature of Damage Caused by Deep Ion Implantation
in Diamond"
Orwa, J., Jamieson, D.N, Nugent, K.W., and Prawer, S.,
Phys. Rev B. 62, 5461-5472, (2000).
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Field
Emission fromBoron Doped polycrystalline diamond film at the
nanometre level within grains,
Andrienko, I., Cimmino, A., Hoxley, D., Prawer, S., Kalish,
R.,
Applied Physics Letters, 77, 1221, (2000).
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The
size dependence of structural stability in Nanocrystalline Diamond,
Prawer, S., Peng, J.L, Jamieson, D.N, McCallum, J., and Bursill,
L.A,
Phys. Rev. B-rapid communications, 62(4), Dec 15, (2000).
Contact
details
| Mailing
Address |
School
of Physics
University of Melbourne,
Parkville, Vic, 3052
AUSTRALIA
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| Email |
s.prawer@unimelb.edu.au |
| Telephone |
+61
3 8344 5460 Office & VoiceMail |
| Facsimile |
+61
2 9347 4783 |
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