I currently work within the Nano Silicon Group at the University of Warwick.

This page contains my current research interests as well as my Project Outline.

Research Interests

• Cooltronics
• MilliKelvin cooler design and fabrication
• Normal metal - insulator - superconductor (NIS) junctions
• Superconductor - semiconductor - superconductor (SSmS) junctions
• Low temperature electrical measurements
• High mobility 2DEG structures
• Carrier-phonon coupling experiments and theory

Taught Courses Attended

• EX3 Crystallography
• EX5 Semiconductors I
• EX6 Semiconductor Epitaxy
• EX8 Semiconductors II

Publications

• "Strain enhanced electron cooling in a degenerately doped semiconductor" M. J. Prest, J. T. Muhonen, M. Prunnila, D. Gunnarsson, V. A. Shah, J. S. Richardson-Bullock, A. Dobbie, M. Myronov, R. J. H. Morris, T. E. Whall, E. H. C. Parker, and D. R. Leadley, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 251908 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3670330
• "Electrical isolation of dislocations in Ge layers on Si(001) substrates through CMOS-compatible suspended structures" V. A. Shah, M. Myronov, C. Wongwanitwatana, L. Bawden, M. J. Prest, J. S. Richardson-Bullock, S. Rhead, E. H. C. Paker, T. E. Whall and D. R. Leadley, Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 13 (2012) 055002; doi:10.1088/1468-6996/13/5/055002
• "Using platinum silicide as a superconductor for silicon electron coolers" M. J. Prest, Q. T. Zhao, J. T. Muhonen, V. A. Shah, J. S. Richardson-Bullock, M. Prunnila, D. Gunnarsson, T. E. Whall, E. H. C. Parker and D. R. Leadley, ULIS Conference, University of Warwick, U.K., 19-21st March 2013.
• "Hole-phonon energy loss rate in boron doped silicon" J. S. Richardson-Bullock, M. J. Prest, M. Prunnila, D. Gunnarsson, V. A. Shah, A. Dobbie, M. Myronov, T. E. Whall, E. H. C. Parker and D. R. Leadley, ULIS Conference, University of Warwick, U.K., 19-21st March 2013.
• "Cooltronics: a new low-temperature tunneling-technology based on Silicon" T. E. Whall, M. J. Prest, J. S. Richardson-Bullock, V. A. Shah, M. Myronov, E. H. C. Parker and D. R. Leadley, ULIS Conference, University of Warwick, U.K., 19-21st March 2013.
• "CMOS-compatible suspended Ge microstructures and their electrical isolation of dislocations" V. A. Shah, M. Myronov, L. Bawden, M. J. Prest, J. S. Richardson-Bullock, P. M. Gammon, S. Rhead, E.H. C. Parker, T. E Whall and D. R. Leadley, ULIS Conference, University of Warwick, U.K., 19-21st March 2013.