Dr Paul Edwards

Senior Research Fellow

Physics

Personal statement

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, where I have worked in the Semiconductor Spectroscopy and Devices research group since 2000. Prior to this, I studied at Imperial College London, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg and Durham University. My PhD and post-doctoral work at Durham involved the use of scanning electron and optical beam techniques to study thin-film CdTe solar cells. I now apply similar techniques to characterise materials, nanostructures and devices made from group III nitride compounds.

Researcher ID: C-1594-2009

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7671-7698

| e: paul.edwards@strath.ac.uk | t: 0141 548 4369/3488/7917 | u: http://ssd.phys.strath.ac.uk/ |

Publications

Assessing the impact of secondary fluorescence on X-ray microanalysis results from semiconductor thin films: Hunter Daniel A, Lavery Samuel P, Edwards Paul R, Martin Robert W; Microscopy and Microanalysis (2022); https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622000770
The influence of threading dislocations propagating through an AlGaN UVC LED: Cameron Douglas, Edwards Paul R, Mehnke Frank, Kusch Gunnar, Sulmoni Luca, Schilling Marcel, Wernicke Tim, Kneissl Michael, Martin Robert W; Applied Physics Letters Vol 120 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086034
Non-destructive imaging of residual strains in GaN and their effect on optical and electrical properties using correlative light–electron microscopy: Naresh-Kumar G, Edwards P R, Batten T, Nouf-Allehiani M, Vilalta-Clemente A, Wilkinson A J, Le Boulbar E, Shields P A, Starosta B, Hourahine B, Martin R W, Trager-Cowan C; Journal of Applied Physics Vol 131 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080024
Correlation between deep-level defects and functional properties of β-(Sn_xGa_1-x)₂O₃ on Si photodetectors: Hatipoglu Isa, Hunter Daniel A, Mukhopadhyay Partha, Williams Martin S, Edwards Paul R, Martin Robert W, Schoenfeld Winston V, Gunasekar G Naresh; Journal of Applied Physics Vol 130 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068186
(Hydroxy)apatite on cement : insights into a new surface treatment: Turner Ronald J, Bots Pieter, Richardson Alan, Bingham Paul A, Scrimshire Alex, Brown Andrew, S'Ari Mark, Harrington John, Cumberland Susan A, Renshaw Joanna C, Baker Matthew J, Edwards Paul R, Jenkins Cerys, Hamilton Andrea; Materials Advances Vol 2, pp. 6356-6368 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00320h
Quantification of trace-level silicon doping in Al_xGa_1–xN films using wavelength-dispersive X-ray microanalysis: Spasevski Lucia, Buse Ben, Edwards Paul R, Hunter Daniel A, Enslin Johannes, Foronda Humberto M, Wernicke Tim, Mehnke Frank, Parbrook Peter J, Kneissl Michael, Martin Robert W; Microscopy and Microanalysis Vol 27, pp. 696-704 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927621000568

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Research interests

My research is focussed on the use of spectroscopic and microscopic methods in the analysis of semiconductors. The main materials of current interest to me are those based on the group III nitride quaternary system, Al_xGa_yIn_(1-x-y)N, and in particular nano-scale structures based on them. These have applications in many different areas, including solid-state lighting, data storage, communications and water purification. The techniques I use to study these materials include photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectroscopy, as well multiple modes of scanning electron microscopy (such as cathodoluminescence, electron beam-induced current and X-ray microanalysis). I am also interested in the application of multivariate statistical analysis techniques in the processing of the multidimensional data that these experimental methods yield.

Professional activities

Micromachines (Journal): Guest editor; 2020
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2018: Invited speaker; 9/8/2018
PDI Topical Workshop on Cathodoluminescence of Semiconductor Nanostructures: Participant; 16/4/2018
UK Nitrides Consortium Winter Conference 2018: Speaker; 10/1/2018
12th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-12): Participant; 23/7/2017
Microscience Microscopy Congress (MMC2015): Invited speaker; 2/7/2015

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Projects

ADVANCED CHARACTERISATION OF HYDROTHERMALLY AGED CEMENT (10 YEARS OLD): Hamilton, Andrea (Principal Investigator) Bots, Pieter (Co-investigator) Dobson, Kate (Co-investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
EFFECT OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CEMENT BACKFILL (NRVB): Hamilton, Andrea (Principal Investigator) Bots, Pieter (Co-investigator) Dobson, Kate (Co-investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
Monolithic on-chip integration of electronics & photonics using III-nitrides for telecoms: Martin, Robert (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024
PROBING QUANTUM STATES WITH SILICON CARBIDE NANOELECTRONICS | Qaasim, Abubakr: Rossi, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator) Qaasim, Abubakr (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2022
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Qaasim, Abubakr: Rossi, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator) Qaasim, Abubakr (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2022
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Hunter, Daniel: Martin, Robert (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator) Hunter, Daniel (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2023

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