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Daniel Field

Whilst at the University of Bristol studying for an MSci in chemistry it became clear to me that my interests lay in physical chemistry. As part of my undergraduate degree, I carried out a final year project in the Bristol University Diamond Group with Professor Paul May. This was spent looking at diamond as a material for thermionic emission. Carrying out this project gave me an insight into the capabilities of diamond which resulted in a desire to study it further a learn more about the variety of possible applications. This course is a fantastic opportunity to do just, being taught by experts from a range of different backgrounds. Additionally, I am looking forward to spending time and experiencing different universities during my mini-projects before returning to Bristol for my PhD with Professor Martin Kuball.

PhD Title: Diamond - Semiconductor Integration - The Challenge of Thermal Expansion Mismatch
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Martin Kuball
Institution: University of Bristol

Achievements

Best student presentation at the UKNC Winter Meeting 2021

Publications

"Crystalline Interlayers for Reducing the Effective Thermal Boundary Resistance in GaN-on-Diamond", Field, D. E., Cuenca, J. A., Smith, M., Fairclough, S. M., Massabuau, F. C. P., Pomeroy, J. W., Williams, O., Oliver, R. A., Thayne, I., & Kuball, M. (2020). ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, 54138–54145, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c10129

"Mixed-size diamond seeding for low-thermal-barrier growth of CVD diamond onto GaN and AlN", E.J.W. Smith, A.H. Piracha, D. Field, J.W. Pomeroy, G.R. Mackenzie, Z. Abdallah, F.C.-P. Massabuau, A.M. Hinz, D.J. Wallis, R.A. Oliver, M. Kuball, P.W. May, Carbon (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.05.050.

"Thermal stress modelling of diamond on GaN/III-Nitride membranes", Cuenca, J. A.et al., Carbon (2020) (10.1016/j.carbon.2020.11.067).

"Thermal Boundary Resistance of Direct van der Waals Bonded GaN-on-Diamond", Waller, W. M., Pomeroy, J. W., Field, D. E., Smith, E. J. W., May, P. W., & Martin, K. (2020), Semiconductor Science and Technology, 35(9).

"GaN-on-diamond technology platform: Bonding-free membrane manufacturing process", Smith, M. D., Cuenca, J. A., Field, D. E., Fu, Y.-C., Yuan, C., Massabuau, F., Mandal, S., Pomeroy, J. W., Oliver, R. A., Uren, M. J., Elgaid, K., Williams, O. A., Thayne, I., & Kuball, M. (2020), AIP Advances, 10(3), doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5129229

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Daniel Field

University of Bristol





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