Education
Robertson received his Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the. His Doctor of Philosophy was awarded in 1975 for research on electronic states in amorphous semiconductors.
Robertson received his Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the. His Doctor of Philosophy was awarded in 1975 for research on electronic states in amorphous semiconductors.
He is a leading specialist in the theory of amorphous carbon and related materials. He has published over 600 journal papers with around 33,000 citations. His main topic of research is theory of carbon materials.
Other research interests include: carbon nanotubes, graphene, chemical vapour deposition, electronic applications (experimental and calculation).
Modelling of Chemical Vapor Deposition mechanisms. Carbon interconnects, carbon conductors, carbon for supercapacitors.
High-κ dielectrics for complementary metal oxide semiconductor transistors. High-κ oxides on high mobility substrates such as InGaAs, Ge (modelling).
Transparent conducting oxides, amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOS) such as indium gallium zinc oxide, their thin film transistors, instability mechanisms (calculations).
Density functional calculations of semiconductors, oxides, carbon materials, and hybrid density functional calculations for correct band gaps. Functional oxides, TiO2. His research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).
American Physical Society. Royal Society.