Reza Kashtiban, PhD MSc BSc

Department of Physics email: r.kashtiban@warwick.ac.uk

University of Warwick Office: +44 2476 522054

CV4 7AL, Coventry

UK

NATIONALITY

British Citizen

APPOINTMENTS AND RESEARCH

 EDUCATION

Associate Professor Aug 2023-to date

Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Synthesis and Optical Spectroscopy Charecterisation of Composite Halide Perovskites , 1D Van der Waals Heterostructures, Composite 1D Materials , Theory, Modelling and Electronic Properties Calculations of Halide Perovskite Composite Architectures, Boron Nitride , Phase Change Materials, High Performance Electron Microscopy , Chemistry of Perovskites

Assistant Professor Aug 2020-Aug 2023

Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Catalysis , Chemistry of Perovskites, High-Performance Electron Microscopy

Senior Research Fellow Aug 2016-Aug 2020

Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Graphene and Modified Graphene, Physics of Van der Waals Heterostructures, Layered Functional Materials, Chemistry of Perovskites

Research Fellow Jul 2010-Aug 2016

Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Chemistry of Perovskites, High-Performance Electron Microscopy, Catalysis

Lecturer Sep 1994 – May 2007

Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate physics modules on Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetism, Superconductivity, Quantum Mechanics, Optical Properties of Solids, and Electrodynamics

PhD Materials Science May 2007-Aug 2010

University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Doctor of Philosophy in (EPSRC funded EP/F013140/1)

Thesis: Compositional and Structural Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures

Visiting EPSRC Mid-range national facility at SuperSTEM

MSc (Hons, 1^st ) Physics Sep1992-July 1994

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

BSc (Hons, 2:1) Physics Sep1988- Jul 1992

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

TEACHING

Advanced Characterization of Nanomaterials, PhD students (Midlands Physics Alliance Graduate School, University of Warwick, 20 PhD Students, writing content, delivering lectures, examination)

MSc and BSc final years projects (PX3A0/PX3A1/PX402, writing proposal, supervision, marking and assessment)

Electricity and Magnetism (1^st year BSc), Electromagnetism (2^nd Year BSc), Superconductivity (4^th Year BSc), Quantum Mechanics (3^RD Year BSc), Optical Properties of Solids (4^th Year BSc), Electrodynamics (4^th Year BSc-Full content leader-lectures, setting, marking,30-50 students)

2014-2023

2017-2023

1994 –2007

AWARDS AND GRANTS

PI, Warwick Innovations, Proof of Concept for PV devices

Best Value Proposition and Commercialization Award (Alan Turing Institute)

Fellow of Warwick Institute of Engagement

Vice Chancellor's WOW Award for Engagement

Top three Warwick’s Short-Listed Proposals for EPSRC Net-Zero Call

 PI EPSRC, XAFS and XRD of Inorganic Halide Perovskites (beam time)

 PI EPSRC, Diamond Light Source Structure of Confined Materials(beam time)

ESRF XMaS-BM28 Grenoble (beam time)

Named Researcher EPSRC, Crystallography and Functional Evolution of Atomically Thin Confined Nanowires

Named Researcher, EPSRC, Advanced Devices by ElectroPlaTing

Named Researcher, EPSRC, Nanostructures by Supercritical Electrodeposition

Apr 2023

Mar 2023

Feb 2022- to date

Jan 2023

Nov 2022

Dec 2020

Oct 2020

Sep 2020

July 2018 £1.1M

Jul 2016 £6.3M

Jun 2011 £6.5M   

STUDENT SUPERVISION

Supervision and co-supervision of 6 PhD students (Department of Physics, Warwick)

Supervision of 4 MSc students (Department of Physics, Warwick)

Supervision of 10 BSc students (Department of Physics, Warwick)

Supervision of 11 BSc students (Urmia University, Iran)

2022- to date

2011- to date

2015- to date

1994 –2007

ADMINSTARTION AND MANAGEMENT

Core member of Warick Physics’ Research Committee

Department of Physics’ Welfare and Communication Committee Core Member

Member of Physics’ Research Culture Forum

2018-to date

2016- to date

2022- to date

JOURNAL REVIEW

Carbon, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Physica Status Solidi, Materials, Catalysis

MEMBERSHIPS

Associate Member of Warwick Institute of Engagement

Associate Member of Institute of Physics

STEM Ambassador of Museum of Science and Technology-UK

INVITED CONFERENCES PRESENTATION

International Winter School on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Austria

EMRS Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland

The 81st JSAP Autumn Meeting, (2020), Tokyo, Japan

International Microscopy Congress, Sydney, Australia

22nd Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Tokyo, Japan

The Micro-Science Microscopy Congress, Manchester, UK

European Microscopy Congress (2016), Strasburg, France

Advanced Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy School, Jülich, Germany

Microscience Microscopy Congress (MMC2014), Manchester, UK

XII International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Moscow, Russia

18TH International Microscopy Congress (IMC2014) Prague, Czech Republic

Frontiers of Microscopy in Materials Science (FEMMS), Lorne, Australia

European Materials Research Society Meeting, Strasbourg, France

European Microscopy Congress, Manchester, UK

Condensed Mater Materials and Physics, University of Warwick, UK

International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Brighton, UK

The Institute of Physics EMAG conference, Sheffield, UK

Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials VXI, Oxford, UK

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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. M A Santos, A E Aliev, R. I. Walton, L. A. T. Carrasco, E. L. Perez-Cappe, M. G. Montiel, Edgar O. P. Reyex, N. D. S. Mohallem, R. J. Kashtiban, Y. M. Laffta, C. L. Insunza, R Shearing, D. J.L. Brett, “P and Fe doping, a strategy to develop light and magnetic responsive multifunctional materials: the case of LiMn2O4” Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2023), 172837

2. RJ Kashtiban, CE Patrick, Q Ramasse, RI Walton, J Sloan “Picoperovskites: The Smallest Conceivable Isolated Halide Perovskite Structures Formed Within Carbon Nanotubes” Advanced Materials, (2023), 2208575

3. Z. Hu, B. Breeze, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, and J. Lloyd-Hughes, “Zigzag HgTe Nanowires Modify the Electron–Phonon Interaction in Chirality-Refined Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes” ACS Nano 16, (4), (2022) 6789–6800

4. R. J. Kashtiban, M. Burdanova, A. Vasylenko, J. Wynn, P. V. C. Meideros, Q. Ramasse, A. Morris, D. Quigley, J. Lloyd-Hughes and J. Sloan, “Linear and Helical Cesium Iodide Atomic Chains in Ultranarrow Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Impact on Optical Properties”, ACS Nano, 15, (8), (2021), 13389–13398

5. M. G. Burdanova, Gleb M. Katyba, R. Kashtiban, G. A. Komandin, E. Butler-Caddle, M. Staniforth, A. A. Mkrtchyan, D. V. Krasnikov, Y. G. Gladush, J. Sloan, A. G. Nasibulin and J. Lloyd-Hughes “Ultrafast, high modulation depth terahertz modulators based on carbon nanotube thin films”, Carbon 173 (2021) 245-252

6. D.L. Burnett, C.D. Vincent, J.A. Clayton, R.J. Kashtiban, R.I. Walton, “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Iridium-Substituted NaTa perovskites”, Nanomaterials, 11, (6), (2021) 1537

7. R. Oozeerally, D. L. Burnett, T. W. Chamberlain, R. J. Kashtiban, S. Huband, R. I. Walton, V. Degirmenci, “Systematic Modifcation of UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks for Glucose Conversion into 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural in Water” ChemCatChem,13, (10), (2021), 2517-2529

8. D. L. Burnett, E. Petrucco, R. J. Kashtiban, S. F. Parker, J. D. B. Sharman and R. I. Walton, “Exploiting the flexibility of the Pyrochlores composition for acid-resilient iridium oxide electrocatalysts in proton exchange membranes” J. Mater. Chem. A, 9, (44), (2021), 25114-25127

9. P. D. Morris, I. J. McPherson, M. A. Edwards, R. J. Kashtiban, R. I. Walton and P. R. Unwin “Electric Field-Controlled Synthesis and Charecterisation of Single Metal–Organic-Framework (MOF) Nanoparticles” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, (44), (2020), 19696 – 19701

10. D. L. Burnett, E. Petrucco, K. M. Rigg, C. M. Zalitis, J. Lok, R. J. Kashtiban, M. R. Lees, J. D. B. Sharman and R. I. Walton “(M,Ru)O2 (M = Mg, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co) Rutiles and Their Use as Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts in Membrane Electrode Assemblies under Acidic Conditions” Chem. Mater., 32, (14), (2020), 6150–6160

11. M. G Burdanova, R. J Kashtiban, Y. Zheng, R. Xiang, S. Chiashi, J. M. Woolley, M. Staniforth, E. Sakamoto-Rablah, X. Xie, M. Broome, J. Sloan, A. Anisimov, E. Kauppinen, S. Maruyama and J. Lloyd-Hughes “Ultrafast Optoelectronic Processes in 1D Radial van der Waals Heterostructures: Carbon, Boron Nitride, and MoS2 Nanotubes with Coexisting Excitons and Highly Mobile Charges” Nano Lett., 20, (5), (2020) 3560–3567

12. D. L Burnett, E. Petrucco, A. E Russell, R. J. Kashtiban, J. D. B. Sharman, R. I Walton “In situ XAFS of acid-resilient iridate Pyrochlores oxygen evolution electrocatalysts under operating conditions” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, (34), (2020), 18770-18773

13. L. K McLeod, G. H. Spikes, R. J Kashtiban, M. Walker, A. V. Chadwick, J. DB Sharman, R. Walton 'Structures of mixed manganese ruthenium oxides (Mn1− x Rux) O2crystallised under acidic hydrothermal conditions' Dalton Trans. 49, (8), (2020), 2661-2670

14. R. Pertiwi, R. Oozeerally, D. L Burnett, T. W Chamberlain, N. Cherkasov, M. Walker, R. J. Kashtiban, Y. K. Krisnandi, V. Degirmenci, R. I Walton “Replacement of Chromium by Non-Toxic Metals in Lewis-Acid MOFs: Assessment of Stability as Glucose Conversion Catalysts”, Catalysts, 9, (5), (2019) 436-456

15. M. G. Burdanova, A. P. Tsapenko, D. A. Satco, R. Kashtiban, C. DW Mosley, M. Monti, M. Staniforth, J. Sloan, Y. G Gladush, A. G Nasibulin, J. Lloyd-Hughes “Giant negative terahertz photoconductivity in controllably doped carbon nanotube networks” ACS Photonics 6, (4), (2019), 1058–1066

16. R. Huang, G. P Kissling, R. Kashtiban, Y. J. Noori, K. Cicvarić, W. Zhang, A. L Hector, R. Beanland, D. C Smith, G. Reid, P. N Bartlett, CH Kees de Groot “Towards a 3D GeSbTe phase change memory with integrated selector by non-aqueous electrodeposition” Faraday Discuss. 213 (2019), 339-355

17. D. S Cook, R. J Kashtiban, K. Krambrock, G. M de Lima, H. O Stumpf, L. RS Lara, J. D Ardisson, R. I Walton “Nanocrystalline Transition-Metal Gallium Oxide Spinels from Acetylacetonate Precursors via Solvothermal Synthesis” Materials , 12(5), (2019), 838-854

18. D. S. Park, G. J Rees, H. Wang, D. Rata, A. J Morris, I. V Maznichenko, S. Ostanin, A. Bhatnagar, C. J. Choi, R. DB Jónsson, K. Kaufmann, R. J. Kashtiban, M. Walker, C. Chiang, E. B Thorsteinsson, Z. Luo, I. Park, J. V Hanna, I. Mertig, K. Dörr, H. P Gíslason, C. F McConville “Electromagnetic Functionalization of Wide‐Bandgap Dielectric Oxides by Boron Interstitial Doping” Adv. Mater. 30, (39),(2018), 1802025-1802034

19. Clark, L. Nguyen, M. J. Hamer, F. Schedin, E. A. Lewis, E. Prestat, Al. Garner, Y. Cao, M. Zhu, R. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, D. Kepaptsoglou, R. V Gorbachev, S. J. Haigh 'scaleable patterning of encapsulated black phosphorus' Nano Lett. 18, (9), (2018), 5373–5381

20. P. N Bartlett, R. Beanland, J. Burt, M. M Hasan, A. L Hector, R. J Kashtiban, W. Levason, A. W Lodge, S. Marks, J. Naik, A. Rind, G. Reid, P. W Robertson, J. Sloan, D. C Smith” Exploration of the smallest diameter tin nanowires achievable with electrodeposition: sub 7 nm Sn nanowires produced by electrodeposition from a supercritical fuid” Nano Lett. 18, (2), (2018), 941–947

21. C. I Hiley, H. Y. Playford, J. M Fisher, N. C. Felix, D. Thompsett, R. J Kashtiban, R. I Walton 'Pair Distribution Function Analysis of Structural Disorder by Nb5+ Inclusion in Ceria: Evidence for Enhanced Oxygen Storage Capacity from Under-Coordinated Oxide” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, (5),(2018), 1588–1591

22. H. Kunicki, T. W Chamberlain, G. Clarkson, R. J Kashtiban, J. E Hooper, D. M Dawson, S. E Ashbrook, R. I Walton” An expanded MIL-53-type coordination polymer with a reactive pendant ligand” Cryst. Eng. Comm. 20, (31), (2018), 4355-4358

23. C. I Hiley, J. M Fisher, R. J Kashtiban, G. Cibin, D. Thompsett, R. I Walton “Incorporation of Sb 5+into CeO2 : local structural distortion of the fuorite structure from a pentavalent substituent” Dalton Trans. 47, (49),(2018), 9693-9700

24. A. W Lodge, M. M Hasan, P. N Bartlett, R. Beanland, A. L Hector, R. J Kashtiban, W. Levason, G. Reid, J. Sloan, D. C Smith, W Zhang, 'Electrodeposition of tin nanowires from a dichloromethane-based electrolyte' RSC Adv. 8, (42), (2018), 24013-24020

25. L. Nguyen, H. Komsa, E. Khestanova, R. J Kashtiban, J. JP Peters, S. Lawlor, A. M Sanchez, J. Sloan, R. V Gorbachev, I. V Grigorieva, A. V Krasheninnikov, S. J Haigh 'Atomic Defects and Doping of Monolayer NbSe2” ACS Nano 11, (3) (2017), 2894–2904

26. R. Huag, X. Yan, S. Ye, R. J. Kashtiban, R. Beanland, K. A. Morgan, M. D. B. Charlton, C. H. de Groot, “Compliance-Free ZrO2/ZrO2− x/ZrO2 Resistive Memory with Controllable Interfacial Multistate Switching Behaviour” Nanoscale Research Letts. 12, (1), (2017), 384-393

27. D. S. Cook, Y. Wu, K. Lienau, R. More, R. J. Kashtiban, O. V. Magdysyuk, G. R. Patzke, R. I. Walton, “Time-resolved powder X-ray diffraction of the solvothermal crystallisation of cobalt gallate spinel photocatalyst reveals transient layered double hydroxides”, Chemistry of Materials, 29, (12), (2017), 5053-5057

28. L. Nguyen, E. A. Lewis1, E. Prestat, Y. Cao, R. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, D. Kepaptsoglou, R. Gorbachev, S. J. Haigh”, Imaging the structural degradation of graphene-encapsulated black phosphorus”, ACS Nano 11, (3), (2017), 2894-2904

29. L. M Daniels, R. J. Kashtiban, D. Kepaptsoglou, Q. M Ramasse, J. Sloan, R. I. Walton, “Local A‐Site Layering in Rare‐ Earth Orthochromite Perovskites by Solution Synthesis”, Chemistry A European Journal, 22, (51), (2016), 18362-18367

30. C. Robertson, A. Lodge, P. Basa, M. Carravetta, A. Hector, R. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, J., D. Smith, J. Spencer, A. Walcarius, “Surface Modifcation and Porosimetry of Vertically Aligned Hexagonal Mesoporous Silica Films” RSC Advances 6, (114), (2016), 113432-113441

31. D. C. Smith, J. H. Spencer, L. P. McDonnell, J. Sloan and R. J. Kashtiban, Harrison Trewhitt, E. Faulques, “Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Extreme Nanowires and Other 1D Systems”, JoVE. 110, (2016) e53434

32. K. S. Vasu, E. Prestat, J. Abraham, J. Dix, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Beheshtian, J. Sloan, P. Carbone, M. Neek-Amal, S. J. Haigh, A. K. Geim, R. R. Nair, “Van der Waals pressure and its effect on trapped interlayer molecules” Nature Comm., 7, (1), (2016), 12168-12180

33. J. H. Spencer, DC Smith, LP McDonnell, J Sloan, R. J. Kashtiban, “Coherence lifetime broadened optical transitions in a 2 atom diameter HgTe nanowire: a temperature dependent resonance Raman study”, RSC Advances 6, (98),(2016), 95387-95395(30%)

34. C. I. Hiley, M. R. Lees, D. L. Hammond, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, R. I. Smith, and R. I. Walton, “Ba4Ru3O10.2(OH)1.8: A New Member of the Layered Hexagonal Perovskite Family Crystallised from Water”, Chem. Comm. 52, (38), (2016), 6375-6378

35. C. Bosch-Navarro, L. M. Perkins, R. J. Kashtiban, J. P. Rourke, I. J. Shannon, J. Sloan, “Selective Imaging of Discrete Polyoxometalate Ions on Graphene Oxide under Variable Voltage Conditions” ACS Nano 10, (1), (2016), 796-802

36. C. I. Hiley, J. M. Fisher, D. Thompsett, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, R. I. Walton, "Incorporation of Square-Planar Pd2+ in Fluorite CeO2: Hydrothermal Preparation, Local Structure, Redox Properties, and Stability" J. Matter. Chem. A 3, (24), (2015), 13072-13079

37. U. Monteverde, J. Pal, M. Missous, U. Bangert, R. Zan, R. J. Kashtiban, and D. Powell 'Under Pressure: Control of Strain, Phonons and Bandgap Opening in Graphene” Carbon 91 (2015), 266-274

38. F. de Lima, M. H. Harunsani, D. J. Martin, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, O. A. Serra, J. Tang and R.Walton “Control of Chemical State of Cerium in Doped Anatase TiO2 by Solvothermal Synthesis and its Application in Photocatalytic Water Reduction” J. Matter. Chem. A, 3, (18) (2015) 9890-9898

39. C. Robertson, R. Beanland, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, D. C. Smith and Alain Walcarius, “Silica pores oriented perpendicular to a titanium nitride substrate” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, (6),(2015) 4763-4770

40. J. H. Spencer, J. M. Nesbitt, H. Trewhitt, R. J. Kashtiban, G. Bell, V. G. Ivanov, E. Faulques, J. Sloan and D. C. Smith, "Raman Spectroscopy of Optical Transitions and Vibrational Energies of ~1 nm HgTe Extreme Nanowire within single-walled carbon nanotubes" ACSNano, 8, (9), (2014), 9044-9052

41. K. Sardar, E. Petrucco, C.I. Hiley, J.D.B Sharman, P.P. Wells, A.E. Russell, R.J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan and R.I. Walton, “Water-Splitting Electrocatalysis in Acid Conditions Using Ruthenate-Iridate Pyrochlores” Angew. Chem., 126, (41), (2014), 10960-10964

42. R. J Kashtiban, M. A. Dyson, R. R Nair, R. Zan, S. L Wong, Q. Ramasse, A. K Geim, U. Bangert, J. Sloan, “Atomically Resolved Imaging of Highly Ordered Alternating Fluorinated Graphene” Nature Comm., 5, (1), (2014), 4902-4911

43. H. Y. Playford, A. C. Hannon, M. G. Tucker, R. J. Kastiban, J. Sloan, and R. I. Walton, “Characterization of Structural Disorder in γ-Ga2O3 “J. Phys. Chem. C 118, (29), (2014), 16188-16198

44. R Carter, M Suyetin, S Lister, M Dyson, H Trewhitt, S Goel, Z Liu, K Suenaga, C Giusca, R J. Kashtiban, J Hutchison, J Dore, G Bell, E Bichoutskaia, and J. Sloan, 'Band Gap Expansion, Shear Inversion Phase Change Behaviour and Low-Voltage-Induced Crystal Oscillation in Low-Dimensional Tin Selenide Crystals' Dalton Trans., 43, (20), (2014), 7391-7399

45. D.L. Burnett, M. H. Harunsani, R. J. Kashtiban, H.Y. Playford, J. Sloan, A.C. Hannon and R.I. Walton” Investigation of Some New Hydro(solvo)thermal Synthesis Routes to Nanostructured Mixed-Metal Oxides”, J. Solid State Chem. 214, (2014), 30-37

46. L. M. Daniels, M. C. Weber, M. Guennou, M. R. Lees, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, J. Kreisel, and R. I. Walton 'Structures and Magnetism of the Rare-Earth Orthochromite Perovskite Solid Solution La1-xSmxCrO3” Inorg. Chem. 52, (20), (2013), 12161–12169

47. K. Sardar, S. C. Ball, J.D. B. Sharman,” Bismuth Iridium Oxide Oxygen Evolution Catalyst from Hydrothermal Synthesis “Chem. Mater. 24, (21), (2012), 4192-4200

48. M. Gimeno-Fabra, A. Munn, L. Stevens, T. Drage, D M. Grant, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, and R. I. Walton

49. “Instant MOFs: continuous synthesis of metal organic frameworks by rapid solvent mixing” Chem. Commun., 48, (86), (2012), 10642-10644

50. S. R.C. Pinto, A. G. Rolo, M. Buljan, A. Chahboun, S. Bernstorff, N. P. Barradas, E. Alves, R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, M. J.M. Gomes “Low-temperature fabrication of layered self-organized Ge clusters by RF-Sputtering “Nanoscale Research Letters 6, (1), (2011), 341-347

51. K. Sardar, H. Y. Playford, R. J. Darton, E. R. Barney, A. C. Hannon, D. Tompsett, J. Fisher, R. J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, S. Ramos, G. Cibin, R. I. Walton, "Nanocrystalline Cerium−Bismuth Oxides: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Redox Properties", Chem. Mater.22, (22), (2010), 6191–6201

52. K. Sardar, J. Fisher, D. Thompsett, M. R. Lees, G. J. Clarkson, J. Sloan, R. J. Kashtiban, and R. I. Walton, "Structural variety in iridate oxides and hydroxides from hydrothermal synthesis" Chem. Sci. 2, (8), (2011), 1573-1578

53. K. Sardar, M.R. Lees, R.J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, and R.I. Walton, ‘Direct Hydrothermal Synthesis and Physical Properties of Rare Earth and Yttrium Orthochromite Perovskites' Chemistry of Materials 23, (1), (2011), 48-56

54. S. R. C. Pinto, A. G. Rolo, A. Chahboun, R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, M. J. M. Gomes “Raman study of stress effect on Ge nanocrystals embedded in Al2O3” Thin Solid Films 518, (19), (2010), 5378-5381

55. S. R. C. Pinto, A. G. Rolo, A. Chahboun, Maja Buljan, A. Khodorov, R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, N. P. Barradas, E. Alves and M. J. M. Gomes 'Multilayers of Ge nanocrystals embedded in Al2O3 matrix: structural and electrical studies' Microelectronics Engineering, 87, (12), (2010), 2508-2512

56. S. R. C. Pinto, R. J. Kashtiban, A. G. Rolo, M. Buljan, A. Chahboun, U. Bangert, N. P. Barradas, E. Alves and M. J. M. Gomes “Structural study of Si1-xGex nanocrystals embedded in SiO₂ flms. Thin Solid Films” 518, (9), (2010), 2569-2572

57. M. Buljan, S. R. C. Pinto, R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, S. Levichev, V. Hol´y and M. J. M. Gomes “SiGe quantum dots in amorphous silica matrix” Journal of Applied Physics, 106, (8), (2009), 84319-84323

58. I. F. Crowe, R. J. Kashtiban, Ben Sherliker, Ursel Bangert, Matthew P. Halsall, Andrew P. Knights, and Russell M. Gwilliam. “Spatially correlated Er and Si-nanocrystals in co-implanted silica after and a single high temperature anneal, Journal of Applied Physics,107, (4), (2010), 44316-44321

59. S. C. Davies, D. J. Mowbray, F. Ranalli, P. J. Parbrook, Q. Wang, T. Wang, B. S. Yea, B. J. Sherliker, M. P. Halsall, R. J. Kashtiban and U. Bangert “Optical and microstructural studies of InGaN/GaN quantum dot ensembles” Applied Physics Letters ,95(2009), 111903-111905

60. R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert and M. Missous “The Investigation of the effect of growth interruption on structural formation of InAs/GaAs quantum dots superlattice structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy” Microelectronics Journal, 40, (3), (2009), 479-482

61. R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, I. F. Crowe, M. P. Halsall “Erbium environments in erbium-silicon/silica light emitting nanostructures “Journal of Physics: Conference Series 281, (1), (2011) pp 12016-12023

62. R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, I. F. Crowe, M. P. Halsall, A. J. Harvey and M Gass” Study of Er-doped Silicon Nanocrystals in Silica” Journal of Physics: Conference Series 241, (1), (2010), 12097-12100

63. R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, I. Crowe, M. P. Halsall, B. Sherliker, A. J. Harvey, J. Eccles, A. P. Knights, R. Gwilliam, M. Gass “Study of Er-doped Si NCs by EELS, and HRTEM techniques in an aberration corrected STEM' Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 209, (1), (2010), 12043-12047

64. R. J. Kashtiban, U. Bangert, B. Sherliker, M. P. Halsall and A. J. Harvey. 'Study of InGaN/GaN quantum dot systems by TEM techniques and PL spectroscopy' Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 209, (1), (2010), 12038-12041

65. R. J. Kashtiban, S. R. C. Pinto, U. Bangert, A. G. Rolo, A. Chahboun, M. J. M. Gomes, and A. J. Harvey. “Ge-nanocrystals in Al2O3matrix: a structural study” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 209, (1), (2010), 2063