Professor HUAN Cheng Hon, Alfred
| Home | Teaching | Research | Publications | Conference |
Research Experience
  1. Growth of ultrathin films by molecular beam deposition
  2. Surface science studies by photoemission, STM, LEED, Surface Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect
  3. Applications of synchrotron radiation techniques: x-ray photoelectron diffraction, high pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and x-ray absorption fine structure
  4. Ion-beam modification studies in Si, GaAs, and InP
  5. Band structure calculations of metals and semiconductor surfaces
  6. Thin film growth by pulsed laser deposition, rf sputtering
  7. NMR of rare earth paramagnetic insulator
Research Interest

  1. Surface, photoemission, and magnetic anisotropy studies of low dimensional systems

    1. Use of synchrotron radiation, laboratory high resolution x-ray and uv-sources
    2. Studies of Co-Si system - on understanding nature of photoemission satellite (completed)
    3. Initial nucleation in the growth of CoSi2 on singular and vicinal Si surfaces - studies by STM and XPS
    4. High-k oxide growth by LPD-amorphous HF oxide, crystalline YSZ an TiO2
    5. Metal-oxide interfaces - studies on band alignment and nanostructure formation
    6. Transition metals on Si and oxide surfaces - studies by Magnetio-Optic Kerr Effect
    7. First Principle calculations - Relaxation on high index Cu and Fe surfaces, studies on Friedel oscillations surfaces of simple metals, surface magnetism

    Femtosecond studies of energy transfer processes (new SERC grant): ultrafast time-resolved phenomena of excitons in semiconducting nanoparticles and organic light emitting molecules, where non-radiative e-h recombination compete with luminescent decay to reduce quantum efficiency of materials
Research Grants (as Principal Investigator)
Jan 1995 ARF, Secondary Ion Emission Studies in Semiconductors, Metals, and Polymers
Jan 1998 ARF, Growth and Properties of RF Magnetron Sputtered Ferroelectric Thin Films
Jul 2000 ARF, Growth and Study of Magentic Nanostructure
May 2001 IMRE, Atomic Layer Epitaxy (joint PI)
May 2002 ARF, Computational Studies of Surfaces and Nanostructures
July 2003 ARF/MOE, Femtosecond Dynamics
Sep 2004 SERC Public Sector Funding Scheme, Femtosecond Studies of Energy Transfer Processes

Best viewed with Microsoft IE 6.0 and above