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My research interest is in experimental, materials and applied physics. In particular, I’m interested in the study of the properties of materials with potential practical applications. I want my research to serve as a bridge linking the fundamental principles and phenomena of basic physics, to the novel materials and devices that applied scientists and engineers utilize to produce modern high-tech products. I think that the capability of transforming basic science ideas into gadgets of daily use drives modern civilization, and provides an edge to those countries that are capable to carrying out this task.

Research activities at UCF cover two areas: Ion-Solid Interactions, where we are working on heavy ion backscattering spectrometry (HIBS), and Materials Physics, where we are working on wide band gap semiconductors and transparent conducting oxides.

In the area of Ion-Solid Interactions, the present focus is in applications of HIBS, and in the development of an ion beam imaging system based on heavy ion backscattering spectrometry, for the study of biological and reduced dimensionality (nano) specimens.

In the area of wide band gap semiconductors and transparent conducting oxides, the present focus is on the study of the mechanisms of electronic transport in zinc oxide thin films, and on the investigation of p-type doping of zinc oxide by ion implantation.

 

 


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