Prof Sir Colin Humphreys
CBE, FREng, FRS, BSc, MA, PhD, Hon DSc, FIMMM, FInstP, FCGI, Hon FRMS

 

Publications

  • Memristors with Monolayer Graphene Electrodes Grown Directly on Sapphire Wafers
    ACS Applied Electronic Materials (2024)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.4c01208
  • Wafer-scale transfer-free graphene as an ITO replacement for OLEDs
    DOI: 10.1109/nmdc57951.2023.10343805
  • From John Spence's Postdoc Time in Oxford to my Research on GaN and Graphene
    Microscopy and Microanalysis (2022)
    DOI: 10.1017/s1431927622010297
  • Graphene on silicon: Effects of the silicon surface orientation on the work function and carrier density of graphene
    Physical Review B
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.165416
  • Wafer‐Scale Graphene Anodes Replace Indium Tin Oxide in Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes (Advanced Optical Materials 3/2022)
    Advanced Optical Materials
    DOI: 10.1002/adom.202270012
  • Electron beam damage in titanium dioxide films (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-43
  • Electron microscopy and analysis: the future (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-6
  • Martensitic transformation and characterisation of the structure of a NiAl - Ni3Al alloy (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-142
  • Modelling of electron energy-loss spectroscopy detection limits (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-87
  • Observation of the mixed dynamic form factor in the Ag M4,5-edge (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-44
  • Quantification of the composition of silicon germanium / silicon structures by high-angle annular dark field imaging (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-78
  • Significant interlayer coupling in bilayer graphene and double-walled carbon nanotubes: A refinement of obtaining strain in low-dimensional materials
    Physical Review B (2022)
    DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.105.024103
  • The relationship between epitaxial growth, defect microstructure and luminescence in GaN (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-111
  • ‘Nano-machining’ using a focused ion beam (2022)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003063056-170
  • Wafer‐Scale Graphene Anodes Replace Indium Tin Oxide in Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes
    Advanced Optical Materials (2021)
    DOI: 10.1002/adom.202101675
  • X-ray characterisation of the basal stacking fault densities of (112̄2) GaN
    CrystEngComm
    DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00627d
  • Mechanical Properties of Graphene
    Applied Physics Reviews
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0040578
  • Erratum: Unexpected softness of bilayer graphene and softening of A-A stacked graphene layers [Phys. Rev. B 101, 125421 (2020)]
    Physical Review B
    DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.103.119901
  • Heteroepitaxial strains and interface structure of Ge–Si alloy layers on Si (100) (2021)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781003069621-27
  • Nanomechanics of Graphene Oxide-bacteriophage based Self-assembled Porous Composites
    Scientific Reports (2020)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72372-1
  • Solution-Processed Epitaxial Growth of Arbitrary Surface Nanopatterns on Hybrid Perovskite Monocrystalline Thin Films.
    ACS Nano (2020)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08553
  • The interaction of electron beams with solids - Some new effects
    Microscopy and Microanalysis (2020)
    DOI: 10.1017/s0424820100177076
  • Au-free recessed Ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor: Study of etch chemistry and metal scheme
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena (2020)
    DOI: 10.1116/1.5144509
  • Unexpected softness of bilayer graphene and softening of A-A stacked graphene layers
    Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.125421
  • Determination of carrier concentration and quantum efficiency in InGaN/GaN quantum wells using photomodulated reflectivity (Conference Presentation)
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2546446
  • A Novel Technique to Investigate the Role of Traps in the Off‐State Performance of AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor on Si Using Substrate Bias
    physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science (2019)
    DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201900794
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Partially Crystallized Silicon Produced by Solid‐Phase Crystallization of As‐Deposited Amorphous Silicon
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society (2019)
    DOI: 10.1149/1.1391605
  • InGaN as a substrate for AC photoelectrochemical imaging
    Sensors
    DOI: 10.3390/s19204386
  • Effect of Size on the Luminescent Efficiency of Perovskite Nanocrystals
    ACS Applied Energy Materials (2019)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b02132
  • 3D strain in 2D materials: to what extent is monolayer graphene graphite?
    Physical Review Letters (2019)
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.135501
  • Insight into the impact of atomic- and nano-scale indium distributions on the optical properties of InGaN/GaN quantum well structures grown on m-plane freestanding GaN substrates
    Journal of Applied Physics (2019)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5097411
  • Optical and structural properties of dislocations in InGaN
    Journal of Applied Physics (2019)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5084330
  • Optical properties of c-Plane InGaN/GaN single quantum wells as a function of total electric field strength
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
    DOI: 10.7567/1347-4065/ab0407
  • Effect of humidity on the interlayer interaction of bilayer graphene
    Physical Review B
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.045402
  • Vertical Current Transport in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on Silicon: Experimental Investigation and Analytical Model
    IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2018)
    DOI: 10.1109/ted.2018.2882533
  • What is red? On the chromaticity of orange-red InGaN/GaN based LEDs
    Journal of Applied Physics (2018)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5047240
  • Photomodulated Reflectivity Measurement of Free-Carrier Dynamics in InGaN/GaN Quantum Wells
    ACS Photonics (2018)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00904
  • Recombination from polar InGaN/GaN quantum well structures at high excitation carrier densities
    Physical Review B (2018)
    DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.98.155301
  • Effects of a Si-doped InGaN Underlayer on the Optical Properties of InGaN/GaN Quantum Well Structures with Different Numbers of Quantum Wells
    Materials (2018)
    DOI: 10.3390/ma11091736
  • Effect of growth temperature and V/III-ratio on the surface morphology of MOVPE-grown cubic zincblende GaN
    Journal of Applied Physics (2018)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5046801
  • Atomic Resolution Imaging of Dislocations in AlGaN and the Efficiency of UV LEDs
    Microscopy and Microanalysis (2018)
    DOI: 10.1017/s143192761800051x
  • Vertical leakage mechanism in GaN on Si high electron mobility transistor buffer layers
    Journal of Applied Physics (2018)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5027680
  • Response to letter from Wayne Osborn
    Astronomy and Geophysics
  • Impact of stress in ICP‐CVD SiNx passivation films on the leakage current in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
    Electronics Letters (2018)
    DOI: 10.1049/el.2018.1097
  • Effects of surface plasma treatment on threshold voltage hysteresis and instability in metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) AlGaN/GaN heterostructure HEMTs
    Journal of Applied Physics (2018)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5027822
  • Effect of stacking faults on the photoluminescence spectrum of zincblende GaN
    Journal of Applied Physics (2018)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5026267
  • Resonant photoluminescence studies of carrier localisation in c-plane InGaN/GaN quantum well structures
    Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (2018)
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aab818
  • Alloy fluctuations at dislocations in III-nitrides: identification and impact on optical properties
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2288211
  • Illuminating theory on early solar eclipse
    Astronomy and Geophysics
  • Moon village: show us the money
    Astronomy & Geophysics
    DOI: 10.1093/astrogeo/aty021
  • Chemical mapping of InGaN/GaN LEDs (2018)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074629-55
  • Energy-loss spectroscopy of GaN alloys and quantum wells (2018)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074629-54
  • SEM doping contrast at a Si pn junction (2018)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074629-92
  • A comparative study of the structural properties of InGaN/GaN quantum wells determined by X-ray diffraction, high-angle annular dark-field imaging and energy-filtered TEM (2018)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074636-13
  • Effects of AIN and GaN low-temperature interlayers on the dislocation behaviour of AlGaN and GaN grown by MOCVD (2018)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074636-72
  • Electrostatic fields in InGaN/GaN single quantum wells and their variation with indium content, using off-axis holography and energy filtered TEM (2018)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074636-65
  • Quantitative doping contrast profiling of p-n junctions in Si with the scanning electron microscope (2018)
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074636-134
  • Nanoscale structural and chemical analysis of F-implanted enhancement-mode InAlN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistors
    Journal of Applied Physics (2018)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.5006255
  • Quantitative doping contrast profiling of p-n junctions in Si with the scanning electron microscope
    DOI: 10.1201/9781351074636
  • The ABC model of recombination reinterpreted: Impact on understanding carrier transport and efficiency droop in InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes
    Journal of Applied Physics (2017)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4986434
  • Degradation of in GaN/GaN Laser Diodes Investigated By Cross-Sectional Electron Beam Induced Current Imaging
    DOI: 10.1109/ifws.2017.8245970
  • Temperature and Bias Dependent Trap Capture Cross Section in AlGaN/GaN HEMT on 6-in Silicon With Carbon-Doped Buffer
    IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2017)
    DOI: 10.1109/ted.2017.2757516
  • Perspectives on Electronic and Photonic Materials (2017)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48933-9_1
  • Solar eclipse of 1207 BC helps to date pharaohs
    Astronomy & Geophysics
    DOI: 10.1093/astrogeo/atx178
  • Machine Learning Predicts Laboratory Earthquakes
    Geophysical Research Letters
    DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074677
  • X-ray diffraction analysis of cubic zincblende III-nitrides
    Journal of Physics D (2017)
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa865e
  • Ahmed Zewail — A Towering Visionary (2017)
    DOI: 10.1142/9781786344366_0019
  • Automatized convergence of optoelectronic simulations using active machine learning
    Applied Physics Letters (2017)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4996233
  • Dual barrier InAlN/AlGaN/GaN‐on‐silicon high‐electron‐mobility transistors with Pt‐ and Ni‐based gate stacks
    physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science (2017)
    DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201600835
  • Dislocations in AlGaN: Core Structure, Atom Segregation, and Optical Properties
    Nano Letters (2017)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01697
  • Passive Components Technology for THz-Monolithic Integrated Circuits (THz-MIC)
    DOI: 10.23919/irs.2017.8008166
  • Mechanisms preventing trench defect formation in InGaN/GaN quantum well structures using hydrogen during GaN barrier growth
    physica status solidi (b) (2017)
    DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201600666
  • Structural impact on the nanoscale optical properties of InGaN core-shell nanorods
    Applied Physics Letters (2017)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4982594
  • Photoluminescence studies of cubic GaN epilayers
    physica status solidi (b) (2017)
    DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201600733
  • All-GaN-Integrated Cascode Heterojunction Field Effect Transistors
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2017)
    DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2016.2643499
  • Single-step manufacturing process for the production of graphene-V/III LED heterostructures
    Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering (2017)
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2250166
  • The atomic structure of polar and non-polar InGaN quantum wells and the green gap problem
    Ultramicroscopy (2017)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.01.019
  • Novel GaN-based vertical heterostructure field effect transistor structures using crystallographic KOH etching and overgrowth
    Journal of Crystal Growth
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.12.025
  • Structural and magnetic properties of ultra-thin Fe films on metal-organic chemical vapour deposited GaN(0001)
    Journal of Applied Physics (2017)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4973956
  • Evolution of the m‑Plane Quantum Well Morphology and Composition within a GaN/InGaN Core–Shell Structure
    Crystal Growth & Design (2017)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01281
  • X‐ray reflectivity method for the characterization of InGaN/GaN quantum well interface
    physica status solidi (b) (2017)
    DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201600664
  • Carrier localization in the vicinity of dislocations in InGaN
    Journal of Applied Physics (2017)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4973278
  • Preventing cracking in the growth of low-cost GaN LEDs on large-area Si
    ICF 2017 - 14th International Conference on Fracture
  • Impact of high energy electrons on nitrides for nanocathodoluminescence (2016)
    DOI: 10.1002/9783527808465.emc2016.6172
  • Nanocathodoluminescence reveals the mitigation of the Stark shift in InGaN quantum wells by silicon doping (2016)
    DOI: 10.1002/9783527808465.emc2016.6170
  • Solid-State Lighting Based on Light Emitting Diode Technology (2016)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31903-2_5
  • Local carrier recombination and associated dynamics in m-plane InGaN/GaN quantum wells probed by picosecond cathodoluminescence
    Applied Physics Letters (2016)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4971366
  • Dielectric response of wurtzite gallium nitride in the terahertz frequency range
    Solid State Communications
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2016.08.017
  • Growth of free-standing bulk wurtzite AlxGa1−xN layers by molecular beam epitaxy using a highly efficient RF plasma source
    Journal of Crystal Growth
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.07.038
  • Theoretical and experimental analysis of the photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy spectra of m-plane InGaN/GaN quantum wells
    Applied Physics Letters (2016)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4968591
  • A study of the optical and polarisation properties of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells grown on a-plane and m-plane GaN substrates.
    Sci Technol Adv Mater (2016)
    DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2016.1244474
  • Nano-cathodoluminescence reveals the effect of electron damage on the optical properties of nitride optoelectronics and the damage threshold
    Journal of Applied Physics
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4965989
  • Terahertz Microstrip Elevated Stack Antenna Technology on GaN-on-Low Resistivity Silicon Substrates for TMIC
    DOI: 10.1109/eumc.2016.7824367
  • Determination of axial and lateral exciton diffusion length in GaN by electron energy dependent cathodoluminescence
    Journal of Applied Physics (2016)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4961417
  • Combined electrical and resonant optical excitation characterization of multi-quantum well InGaN-based light-emitting diodes
    AIP Advances (2016)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4959100
  • High-quality III-nitride films on conductive, transparent (2̅01)-oriented β-Ga2O3 using a GaN buffer layer
    Scientific Reports (2016)
    DOI: 10.1038/srep29747
  • Structural and optical properties of (112̅2) InGaN quantum wells compared to (0001) and (112̅0)
    Semiconductor Science and Technology (2016)
    DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/31/8/085007
  • Comparative studies of efficiency droop in polar and non-polar InGaN quantum wells
    Applied Physics Letters (2016)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4954236
  • Scalable semipolar gallium nitride templates for high-speed LEDs
    SPIE Newsroom (2016)
    DOI: 10.1117/2.1201605.006482
  • Terahertz cyclotron resonance spectroscopy of an AlGaN/GaN heterostructure using a high-field pulsed magnet and an asynchronous optical sampling technique
    Applied Physics Letters (2016)
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4948582