Surface Analysis and Materials Engineering Research Group Dr Zhong-Tao Jiang Surface Analysis and Materials Engineering Research Group Z.Jiang@murdoch.edu.au 0428 462 063

SAMERG – Active Research Group School of Engineering and Information Technology SAMERG – Active Research Group Our group (2011 – ) Members (2016): 2 academic staffs, 7 PhD students 1 Honours student Experienced supervision team 5 PhD completions 6 Honours completions July 2012 October 2014 October 2016

SAMERG – Interesting and Meaningful Research Topics School of Engineering and Information Technology SAMERG – Interesting and Meaningful Research Topics Superhard coatings: high temperature and high pressure Optical thin films: solar selective surfaces and transparent conductive oxide thin film composites Graphene and borophene: 2-D materials Nanostructured surface and surface chemical reactions: inert and highly reactive surfaces and catalytic composites Computational simulation assisted functional material design and synthesis: electronic, mechanical and thermal Advanced techniques for materials characterisations: synchrotron radiation facility, grazing incidence / in-situ XRD, neutral impact collision ion scattering spectroscopy (NICISS), etc.

SAMERG – Quality Outcomes School of Engineering and Information Technology SAMERG – Quality Outcomes Publications: 46 journal publications since 2012 ERA: A/A* = 24; B = 8; C = 6 Quartile-1 = 33, Q-2 = 8 and Q-3 = 3 Average Impact Factor > 3.2 Grant Applications ARC-LIEF: 3 IRU-MRUN: 2 Australian synchrotron beamline: 3 University/School grants: 8 Conference attendance Local postgraduate student conference Domestic conference International conference

SAMERG – High Level Collaborations School of Engineering and Information Technology SAMERG – High Level Collaborations In Australia Adelaide University University of New South Wales Curtin University Australian Synchrotron Queensland University International City University of Hong Kong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Universiti Putra Malaysia University of Sains Malaysia University of Malaya Vietnam National University: University of Science Hanoi National University of Education University of Riau (Indonesia)

SAMERG – Advanced Characterization Technology School of Engineering and Information Technology SAMERG – Advanced Characterization Technology Spectroscopic techniques X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) X-ray diffraction (XRD), grazing incidence XRD and in-situ XRD Auger and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (AES and UPS) Raman, FTIR, UV-Vis and PL spectroscopies Microscopic techniques SEM/FESEM, TEM, AFM and STM Materials fabrication techniques RF/DC sputtering, CVD/PECVD and sol-gel methods Other characterisation techniques Nanoindentation, surface resistance, thin film thickness, etc. Synchrotron radiation facilities Soft X-ray spectroscopy Powder diffraction X-ray absorption spectroscopy Computational modelling Density Functional Theory MOPAC

SAMERG – Dynamic Research and Study School of Engineering and Information Technology SAMERG – Dynamic Research and Study Supervisors provide different opportunities to students Inter- campus and inter-state experiments External co-supervisor Visiting study Students work together within collaborative research partners Supportive environment in SAMERG Supervisors provide guideline, instruction, knowledge, experience and financial support Students maximise their motivation and regulation Students take ownership for their studies Students manage their studies Within SAMERG, students effectively help each other

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at Murdoch University School of Engineering and Information Technology SAMERG – Research Environment X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at Murdoch University Synchrotron radiation X-ray spectroscopy Research Laboratories