Emeritus Professor Robert Elliman
B.Appl.Sc., M.Appl.Sc., PhD, DSc.
Director of the Australian Facility for Advanced ion-implantation Research (AFAiiR). Electronic Materials Engineering Department, Research School of Physics.
ANU College of Science
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6125 0521
Areas of expertise
- Surfaces And Structural Properties Of Condensed Matter 020406
- Nanomaterials 100708
- Functional Materials 091205
- Metals And Alloy Materials 091207
- Electronic And Magnetic Properties Of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity 020404
- Photonics, Optoelectronics And Optical Communications 020504
- Condensed Matter Physics 0204
- Electrical And Electronic Engineering 0906
- Materials Engineering 0912
- Nanotechnology 1007
Research interests
Materials Science and Engineering
- Memristive behaviour in transition metal oxides.
- Metal-insulator transition in NbOx as a neuristor.
- Nonvolatile memory technology (e.g. ReRAM).
- Metal-insulator transition in NbOx as a memory selector element
- Semiconductor nanotechnology.
Ion-Beam Modification and Analysis of Materials
- Ion-Implantation.
- Ion-beam synthesis of novel materials (graphene, nanocrystals, etc)
- Ion-beam induced defects and their interactions.
- Novel applications of ion-implantation.
- Radiation damage in reactor materials
Biography
Rob Elliman is a Professor of Physics in the Research School of Physics at the Australian National University (ANU) and Director of the Australian Facility for Advanced Ion-Implantation Research (AFAiiR), a capability funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme (NCRIS). His research interests include: nanotechnology; materials science; and ion-beam modification and analysis of materials. He has published ~400 papers and several book chapters in these fields, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK).
Available student projects
Student projects are available at: http://physics.anu.edu.au/eme/people/profile.php?ID=105&tab=available_projects
Current student projects
Current student projects are available at: http://physics.anu.edu.au/eme/people/profile.php?ID=105&tab=available_projects
Publications
- Nath, S, Nandi, S, Ratcliff, T et al. 2021, 'Engineering the Threshold Switching Response of Nb2O5‑Based Memristors by Ti Doping', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 2845-2852.
- Das, P, Moller, W, Elliman, R et al. 2021, 'Ion beam joining of ceramic and carbon-based nanostructures', Applied Surface Science, vol. 554.
- Nandi, S, Das, S, Estherby, C et al. 2020, 'Understanding modes of negative differential resistance in amorphous and polycrystalline vanadium oxides', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 128, no. 24, pp. 1-7.
- Notthoff, C, Jordan, S, Hadley, A et al. 2020, 'Swift heavy ion irradiation of GaSb: From ion tracks to nanoporous networks', Physical Review Materials, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1-11.
- Nath, S, Nandi, S, El-Helou, A et al. 2020, 'Schottky-Barrier-Induced Asymmetry in the Negative-Differential-Resistance Response of Nb/NbOx/Pt Cross-Point Devices', Physical Review Applied, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1-10.
- Nandi, S, Nath, S, El-Helou, A et al. 2020, 'Electric Field- And Current-Induced Electroforming Modes in NbOx', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 8422-8428.
- Nath, S, Nandi, S, Li, S et al. 2020, 'Metal-oxide interface reactions and their effect on integrated resistive/threshold switching in NbO x', Nanotechnology, vol. 31, no. 23, pp. 1-6.
- Trombini, H, Vos, M, Elliman, R et al. 2020, 'Depth profiling of ion-implanted samples by high-energy electron scattering', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 53.
- Mai, H, Lu, T, Sun, Q et al 2020, 'High performance bulk photovoltaics in narrow bandgap centrosymmetric ultrathin films', Materials Horizons, 7, 898–904.
- Sulzbach, M, Selau, F, Trombini, H et al. 2019, 'Characterization of oxygen self-diffusion in TiO2 resistive-switching layers by nuclear reaction profiling', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 441, pp. 8-11.
- Nath, S, Nandi, S, Li, S et al. 2019, 'Detection and spatial mapping of conductive filaments in metal/oxide/metal cross-point devices using a thin photoresist layer', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 114, no. 6, pp. -.
- Das, P, Rajbhar, M, Elliman, R et al. 2019, 'Nanoscale modification of one-dimensional single-crystalline cuprous oxide', Nanotechnology, vol. 30, no. 36, pp. 1-14.
- Li, S, Liu, X, Nandi, S et al. 2019, 'Origin of Current-Controlled Negative Differential Resistance Modes and the Emergence of Composite Characteristics with High Complexity', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 29, no. 44, pp. -.
- Wei, L, Li, S, Nandi, S et al. 2019, 'Forming-free bipolar resistive switching and quantum conductance in NiO/FTO structures', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 52, no. 46, pp. 1-5.
- Shiell, T, Wong, S, Yang, W et al. 2019, 'The composition, structure and properties of four different glassy carbons', Journal of Non-crystalline Solids, vol. 522, no. 119561, pp. 1-8.
- Li, S, Liu, X, Nandi, S et al. 2018, 'Anatomy of filamentary threshold switching in amorphous niobium oxide', Nanotechnology, vol. 29, no. 37, pp. 9pp.
- Nandi, S, Venkatachalam, D, Ruffell, S et al. 2018, 'Room temperature synthesis of HfO2/HfO x heterostructures by ion-implantation', Nanotechnology, vol. 29, no. 42, pp. 9pp.
- OndiÄ?, L, Varga, M, Pelant, I et al. 2018, 'Two-dimensional photonic crystals increasing vertical light emission from Si nanocrystal-rich thin layers', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, vol. 9, pp. 2287-2296pp.
- Thompson, M, Drummond, D, Sullivan, J et al. 2018, 'Effect of W self-implantation and He plasma exposure on early-stage defect and bubble formation in tungsten', Nuclear Fusion, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 1-9.
- Ondič, L, Varga, M, Pelant, I et al. 2017, 'Silicon nanocrystal-based photonic crystal slabs with broadband and efficient directional light emission', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 5763, pp. 1-8.
- Jang, C, Kim, J, Lee, D et al. 2017, 'Effect of stopping-layer-assisted boron-ion implantation on the electrical properties of graphene: Interplay between strain and charge?doping', Carbon, vol. 118, pp. 343-347.
- Corr, C, O'Ryan, S, Tanner, C et al. 2017, 'Mechanical properties of tungsten following rhenium ion and helium plasma exposure', Nuclear Materials and Energy, vol. 12, pp. 1336-1341.
- Martin, T, Jones, K, Camillo-Castillo, R et al. 2017, 'Quantification of germanium-induced suppression of interstitial injection during oxidation of silicon', Journal of Materials Science, vol. 52, no. 17, pp. 10387-10392.
- Martin, T, Jones, K, Camillo-Castillo, R et al. 2017, 'Elimination and quantification of oxidation induced interstitial injection via Ge implants', Processes at the Semiconductor Solution Interface 7, PSSI 2017 - 231st ECS Meeting 2017, ed. Hillier, O'Dwyer, Lynch, Wang, Sunkara, Buckley, Etcheberry & Vereecken, The Electrochemical Society, TBC, pp. 135-143 pp.
- Nandi, S, Li, S, Liu, X et al. 2017, 'Temperature dependent frequency tuning of NbOx relaxation oscillators', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 111, no. 20, pp. 1-4.
- Li, S, Liu, X, Nandi, S et al 2017, 'Coupling dynamics of Nb/Nb2O5 relaxation oscillators', Nanotechnology, vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 1-6.
- Marmitt, G,; Nandi, S.; Venkatachalam, D.; Elliman, R.; Vos, M. & Grande, P. 2017, 'Oxygen diffusion in TiO2 films studied by electron and ion Rutherford backscattering', Thin Solid Films, vol. 629, pp. 97-102.
- Mortemousque, P, Rosenius, S, Pica, G et al. 2016, 'Quadrupole shift of nuclear magnetic resonance of donors in silicon at low magnetic field', Nanotechnology, vol. 27, no. 49, pp. 1-8.
- Khan, A, Elliman, R, Corr, C et al. 2016, 'Effect of rhenium irradiations on the mechanical properties of tungsten for nuclear fusion applications', Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 477, pp. 42-49.
- Wang, X, Berke, K, Rudawski, N et al. 2016, 'Synthesis of graphene and graphene nanostructures by ion implantation and pulsed laser annealing', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 120, no. 2, pp. 025105-1-9.
- Thompson, M, Deslandes, A, Morgan, T et al. 2016, 'Observation of a helium ion energy threshold for retention in tungsten exposed to hydrogen/helium mixture plasma', Nuclear Fusion, vol. 56, no. 10.
- Liu, X, Li, S, Nandi, S et al. 2016, 'Threshold switching and electrical self-oscillation in niobium oxide films', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 120, no. 12.
- Elliman, R & Williams, J 2015, 'Advances in ion beam modification of semiconductors', Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 49-67.
- Li, S, Liu, X, Nandi, S et al. 2015, 'High-endurance megahertz electrical self-oscillation in Ti/NbOx bilayer structures', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 106, no. 21, pp. 1-4.
- Nandi, S, Liu, X, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2015, 'Threshold current reduction for the metal-insulator transition in NbO2-x-selector devices: The effect of ReRAM integration', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 48, no. 19, pp. 1-8.
- Nandi, S, Liu, X, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2015, 'Self-assembly of an NbO2 interlayer and configurable resistive switching in Pt/Nb/HfO2/Pt structures', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 107, no. 13.
- Nandi, S, Liu, X, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2015, 'Effect of Electrode Roughness on Electroforming in HfO2 and Defect-Induced Moderation of Electric-Field Enhancement', Physical Review Applied, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 1-11pp.
- Deslandes, A, Guenette, M, Belay, K et al. 2015, 'Diamond structure recovery during ion irradiation at elevated temperatures', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 365, pp. 331-335.
- Thomson, A, Wan, Y, Lal, N et al. 2015, 'Graded silicon nitride films: Optics and passivation', Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 060610-1 to 060610-5.
- Nawaz, M, Venkatachalam, D & Elliman, R 2014, 'Effect of crystallization on the reliability of unipolar resistive-switching in HfO2-based dielectrics', Current Applied Physics, vol. 14, no. Supplement 1, pp. S88-S92.
- Wong, S, Shalav, A, Ruffell, S et al. 2014, 'Formation of ordered arrays of gold particles by nanoindentation templating', Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 48-51.
- Shalav, A & Elliman, R 2014, 'Metallic surface doping of SiOx nanowires', International Journal of Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 5-8, pp. 594-600.
- Lee, J, Jang, C, Kim, J et al. 2014, 'Graphene synthesis by C implantation into Cu foils', Carbon, vol. 66, no. January 2014, pp. 267-271.
- Vos, M, Liu, X, Grande, P et al. 2014, 'The use of electron Rutherford backscattering to characterize novel electronic materials as illustrated by a case study of sputter-deposited NbOx films', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 340, pp. 58-62.
- Mortemousque, P, Berger, S, Sekiguchi, T et al. 2014, 'Hyperfine clock transitions of bismuth donors in silicon detected by spin-dependent recombination', Physical Review B, vol. 89, no. 15, p. 155202.
- Liu, X, Nandi, S, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2014, 'Reduced threshold current in NbO2 selector by engineering device structure', IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1055-1057.
- Liu, X, Nandi, S, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2014, 'Finite Element Modeling of Resistive Switching in Nb2O5-based Memory Device', Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD 2014), ed. Martyniuk M.Faraone, IEEE, New York, pp. 280-283.
- Ratcliff, T, Shalav, A, Fong, K et al. 2014, 'Influence of implantation damage on emitter recombination', Energy Procedia, vol. 55, pp. 272-279.
- Yang, X, Müller, R, Shalav, A et al. 2014, 'Boron implanted, laser annealed p(+) emitter for n-type interdigitated back-contact solar cells', Energy Procedia, vol. 55, pp. 320-325.
- Ratcliff, T, Fong, K, Shalav, A et al. 2014, 'The effect of annealing ambient on carrier recombination in boron implanted silicon', Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 827-830.
- Vos, M, Grande, P, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2014, 'Oxygen Self-Diffusion in HfO2 Studied by Electron Spectroscopy', Physical Review Letters, vol. 112, no. 17, pp. 1-5.
- Darby, B, Yates, B, Kumar, A et al. 2013, 'Modeling Solid Phase Epitaxial Growth for Patterned Ge Substrates', ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. P130-P133.
- Shalav, A & Elliman, R 2013, 'Volatile CuOH as a precursor for the growth of CuO nanowires', Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 108, pp. 200-203.
- Rudawski, N, Yates, B, Holzworth, M et al. 2013, 'Ion beam-mixed Ge electrodes for high capacity Li rechargeable batteries', Journal of Power Sources, vol. 223, pp. 336-340.
- Darby, B, Yates, B, Martin-Bragado, I et al. 2013, 'Substrate orientation dependence on the solid phase epitaxial growth rate of Ge', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 113, no. 3.
- Grande, P, Vos, M, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2013, 'Determination of thickness and composition of high-k dielectrics using high-energy electrons', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 103, no. 7, pp. 071911/1-4.
- Vos, M, Grande, P, Nandi, S et al. 2013, 'A high-energy electron scattering study of the electronic structure and elemental composition of O-implanted Ta films used for the fabrication of memristor devices', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 114, no. 7, pp. 073508/ 1-7.
- Yang, X, MacDonald, D, Fell, A et al. 2013, 'Imaging of the relative saturation current density and sheet resistance of laser doped regions via photoluminescence', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 114, no. 5, p. 6.
- Elliman, R, Nawaz, M, Kim, T et al. 2013, 'Application of ion-implantation for improved non-volatile resistive random access memory (ReRAM)', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 307, pp. 98-101.
- Pyke, D, Elliman, R & McCallum, J 2013, 'Temperature dependence of blistering in hydrogen implanted Si and Ge', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 307, pp. 29-32.
- Ruffell, S, Kurunczi, P, England, J et al. 2013, 'Formation and characterization of Ta2O5/TaOx films formed by O ion implantation', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 307, pp. 491-494.
- Elliman, R, Kim, T, Shalav, A et al. 2012, 'Controlled Lateral Growth of Silica Nanowires and Coaxial Nanowire Heterostructures', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 116, no. 5, pp. 3329-3333.
- Elliman, R, Nawaz, M, Venkatachalam, D et al. 2012, 'Resistive Switching on High-K dielectircs for Non-volatile Memory Applications', Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD 2012), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), New Jersey USA, pp. 121-122.
- Kim, T, Belay, K, Llewellyn, D et al. 2012, 'Strain Relaxation behaviour in Germanium-on-insulator fabricated by Ion Implantation', Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD 2012), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), New Jersey USA, pp. 167-168.
- Venkatachalam, D, Parkinson, P, Ruffell, S et al. 2012, 'Optical imaging of graphene using phase shift interferometry', Australian Institute of Physics Congress (AIP 2012), RMIT Publishing, Melbourne Australia, p. 1.
- Shalav, A, Wong, S, Ruffell, S et al. 2012, 'Arrays of Au nanoparticles on Si formed by nanoindentation and a simple thermal/wipe-off technique', Materials Science Forum, vol. 700, pp. 141-144.
- Rudawski, N, Darby, B, Yates, B et al. 2012, 'Nanostructured ion beam-modified Ge films for high capacity Li ion battery anodes', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, no. 8.
- Lemaitre, M, Tongay, S, Wang, Z et al. 2012, 'Low-temperature, site selective graphitization of SiC via ion implantation and pulsed laser annealing', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, no. 19, pp. 193105,1-4.
- Balogh, A, Kourmei, B, Cohen, D et al. 2012, 'Modification, synthesis, and analysis of advanced materials using ion beam techniques', Advances in Material Science and Engineering, vol. 2012.
- Mortemousque, P, Sekiguchi, T, Culan, C et al. 2012, 'Spin dependent recombination based magnetic resonance spectroscopy of bismuth donor spins in silicon at low magnetic fields', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 101, no. 8, p. 082409.
- Shalav, A, Venkatachalam, D & Elliman, R 2012, 'Fabrication of coaxial nanawire heterostructures: SiOx nanowires with conformal TiO2 coatings', Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 749-754.
- Yang, Y, Shalav, A, Kim, T et al. 2012, 'The effect of annealing temperature, residual O2 partial pressure, and ambient lfow rate on teh growth of SiOx nanowires', Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. 885-890.
- Yates, B, Darby, B, Elliman, R et al. 2012, 'Role of nucleation sites on the formation of nanoporous Ge', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 101, no. 13, pp. 131907-1 - 131907-4.
- Shalav, A, Bullock, J, Anderson, P et al. 2012, 'The Mechanical and Photochemical Properties of Titania Coated Silica Nanowires', ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. Q114-Q118.
- Yan, K, Wang, R, Vu, K et al. 2012, 'Photoluminescence in Er-doped Ge-As-Se chalcogenide thin films', Optical Materials Express, vol. 2, no. 9, pp. 1270-1277.
- Collin, G, Shalav, A & Elliman, R 2011, 'SiOx/GeOx nanowires grown via the active oxidation of Si/Ge substrates', Materials Science Forum, vol. 700, pp. 133-136.
- Elliman, R 2011, 'Magnetic properties of Co, Ni, Pt and their alloy nanoparticles formed in SiO2 by ion beam synthesis', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, pp. -.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Advanced Contact Resistance Engineering (Primary Investigator)
- Quantum Brilliance Research Collaboration 1 (Secondary Investigator)
- NCRIS 2013 Heavy Ion Accelerators Project (Secondary Investigator)
