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::Chris Boney ::

cboney@uh.edu

Work History

03/00 – Present: ISSO Post-Doctoral Fellow, Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center, University of Houston

  • Current research interests include growth of optoelectronic GaN-based devices by RFMBE on sapphire and silicon substrates. One of the goals of the research includes demonstration of an integrated III-N detector for water and/or air contaminants .

01/99 – 03/00: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Physics, North Carolina State University

  • Demonstrated the first GaN/AlGaN p-i-n photodiode visible-blind UV camera (32x32 array).
  • Worked to demonstrate a solar-blind (AlGaN/AlGaN) UV camera.

06/93 – 12/98: Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, North Carolina State University

  • Developed growth process of GaN, AlN, and AlGaN by Sublimation Vapor Phase Epitaxy (SVPE).
  • Characterized semiconductor materials through double crystal x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence, Hall effect measurement, and capacitance-voltage profiling.
  • Researched the growth of ZnSe and related compounds by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) for optoelectronic applications.

01/91 – 05/93: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, North Carolina State University

  • Fabricated semiconductor devices employing standard processing techniques: photolithography, mask design, metal deposition, and chemical etching.

 

Technical Skills

  • Five years experience in semiconductor film growth and characterization, including III-V and II-VI materials by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) and Vapor Phase Epitaxy (VPE).
  • Four years experience in semiconductor device fabrication: mask design, photolithography, contact evaporation, and etching.
  • Hands-on experience with UHV and HV vacuum technology, including modification, integration, and maintenance of MBE and VPE systems.

 

Education

Ph.D. in Solid State Physics, minor in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, May 1999.

B.S. in Physics, minor in Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 1993.

 

Selected Publications

  1. "UV-Specific (320-365 nm) Digital Camera Based On a 128x128 Focal Plane Array of GaN/AlGaN p-i-n Photodiodes", J.D. Brown, J. Boney, J. Matthews, P. Srinivasan, J.F. Schetzina, Thomas Nohava, Wei Yang, and Subash Krishnankutty, MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 5, 6 (2000).
  2. "High Sensitivity Visible-Blind AlGaN Heterostructure Photodiodes", J.D. Brown, Zhonghai Yu, C. Boney, J.W. Cook, Jr., and J.F. Schetzina, presented at the Fall MRS, Boston MA, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3 1999.
  3. "Visible-Blind UV Digital Camera Based on a 32 x 32 Array of GaN/AlGaN p-i-n Photodiodes", J.D. Brown, Zhonghai Yu, J. Matthews, S. Harney, J. Boney, J.F. Schetzina, J.D. Benson, K.W. Lang, C. Terrill, Thomas Nohava, Wei Yang, Subash Krishnankutty, MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 4, 9 (1999).
  4. "MBE Growth of III-V Nitride Films and Quantum Wells Structures Using Multiple RF Plasma Sources", M.A.L. Johnson, Zhonghai Yu, C. Boney, W.H. Rowland, Jr., W.C. Hughes, J.W. Cook, Jr., J.F. Schetzina, N.A. El-Masry, M.T. Leonard, H.S. Kong, and J.A. Edmond, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 449, 271 (1997).

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