Alexander ShlugerPrincipal Investigator, Ph.D.

Job Principal Investigator, AIMR
Professor (Department of Physic and Astronomy and London Centre for Nanotechonology, UCL)
Group Material Physics Group
Laboratory A.Shluger Laboratory (will open in a new tab)
Address Room 221, AIMR Annex Building, Katahira Campus
(2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577)
Tel
  • +81-22-217-5942
  • +44-207-679-1312(UK)
E-Mail a.shluger@ucl.ac.uk
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Research Interests

Theoretical modeling of:
  • Defects and defect properties in insulators metal/insulator and semiconductor/insulator interfaces
  • Atomic Force Microscopy imaging and molecular manipulation
  • Photo-induced surface processes

Main Publication List

  • Watkins M. and Shluger A. L., "Mechanism of Contrast Formation in Atomic Force Microscopy in Water”-Phys. Rev. Lett. , 2010, v. 105, Article Number: 196101
  • McKenna K. P. and Shluger A. L., Electron-trapping polycrystalline materials with negative electron affinity, - Nature Materials 2008, v. 7, p. 859-862
  • Sushko P. V., Shluger A. L., Hirano M., and Hosono H., "From insulator to electride: A theoretical model of nanoporous oxide 12CaO.7Al2O3”, - J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2007, v. 129 (4), pp.942-951
  • Trevethan T., Watkins M., Kantorovich L. N., Shluger A. L., et al., "Controlled manipulation of atoms in insulating surfaces with the virtual atomic force microscope”, - Phys. Rev. Lett.2007, v. 98 (2): Art. No. 028101
  • Hess W. P., Joly A. G., Beck K. M., Henyk M., Sushko P.V., Trevisanutto P. E., and Shluger A. L., Laser control of desorption through selective surface excitation, - J. Phys.Chem. B 2005, v. 109, No 42, pp. 19563-19578

Award

  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1996)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (2011)

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