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Zachary Robinson , Ph.D

Associate Professor

(585) 395-2182
zrobinson@brockport.edu
Office: Smith Hall 118

Education

• BS in Physics, SUNY Geneseo, 2007
• MS in Nanoscience, SUNY Albany Nano, 2009
• PhD in Nanoscience, SUNY Albany Nano, 2012

Courses Taught

• Physics I
• Physics II
• Physics III
• Optics and Electronics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Advanced Lab II
• Senior Seminar

Research Interests

Dr. Robinson studies the surface science of thin-film growth processes that are used to fabricate next-generation electronic and photonic materials. He involves undergraduates in all aspects of his research, and invites anyone interested in doing research in his group to stop by his lab for a tour!

Recent Student Research Projects

• Andrew Rowley: Tube-Furnace Modification of Niobium Oxide Thin-Films for Memristor Applications, ongoing.
• Mayuka Sasaki: Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials: Development and Automation of an Ultra-High Vacuum System, 2016-2018.
• Alex Sidou: Growth of Graphene on Silicon Carbide, 2017.
• Heather Lavallee: Design and Assembly of Inert Gas Annealing Chamber for Aluminum Nitride Films, 2016.

• Recent Publications
  • Robinson, Z.R., Tyagi, P., Mowll, T.R., Ventrice Jr, C.A. and Hannon, J.B. Argon assisted growth of epitaxial graphene on Cu(111). Physical Review B, 86(23), p.235413, 2012.
  • Robinson, Z.R., Jernigan, G.G., Currie, M., Hite, J.K., Bussmann, K.M., Nyakiti, L.O., Garces, N.Y., Nath, A., Rao, M.V., Wheeler, V.D. and Myers-Ward, R.L. Challenges to graphene growth on SiC (000-1): Substrate effects, hydrogen etching and growth ambient. Carbon, 81, pp.73-82, 2015.
  • Zachary R Robinson, Glenn G Jernigan, Virginia D Wheeler, Sandra C Hernández, Charles R Eddy Jr, Tyler R Mowll, Eng Wen Ong, Carl A Ventrice Jr, Heike Geisler, Ivo Pletikosic, Hongbo Yang, Tonica Valla. Growth and characterization of Al2O3 films on fluorine functionalized epitaxial graphene. Journal of Applied Physics 120 (7), 075302, 2015.
  • Boris N Feigelson, Victor M Bermudez, Jennifer K Hite, Zachary R Robinson, Virginia D Wheeler, Karthik Sridhara, Sandra C Hernández. Growth and spectroscopic characterization of monolayer and few-layer hexagonal boron nitride on metal substrates. Nanoscale 7 (8), 3694-3702, 2015.
  • Virginia R Anderson, Neeraj Nepal, Scooter D Johnson, Zachary R Robinson, Anindya Nath, Alexander C Kozen, Syed B Qadri, Alexander DeMasi, Jennifer K Hite, Karl F Ludwig Jr, Charles R Eddy Jr. Plasma-assisted atomic layer epitaxial growth of aluminum nitride studied with real time grazing angle small angle x-ray scattering. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 35 (3), 031508, 2017.

Appointments

• Postdoctoral Fellow, The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., 2012-2015
• Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, SUNY Brockport, 2014-present