Dr Phil Dobson

Senior Lecturer (Electronic & Nanoscale Engineering)

telephone: 01413304314
email: Phil.Dobson@glasgow.ac.uk

James Watt South Building, Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8qq

Research interests

Research Interests

Phil Dobson works in the area of micro- and nano-fabrication. His research interests in this field include the mechanical and thermal properties of devices and materials at the microscopic level. This includes the development of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) sensors that permit measurements to be made on these length scales.

His most recent research involves establishing new methods for the controlled growth of carbon nanotubes on micromachined substrates.

Publications

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Number of items: 55.

2023

Mordue, C. W., Weaver, J. M.R. and Dobson, P. (2023) Thermal induced deflection in atomic force microscopy cantilevers: analysis and solution. Measurement Science and Technology, 34(12), 125013. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6501/acf061)

Wang, M., Dobson, P. S. and Paul, M. C. (2023) Numerical investigation of nanofluid deposition in a microchannel cooling system. Powder Technology, 425, 118582. (doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118582)

Razeghi, M. et al. (2023) Single-material MoS2 thermoelectric junction enabled by substrate engineering. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 7, 36. (doi: 10.1038/s41699-023-00406-z)

2022

Wang, M., Paul, M. and Dobson, P. (2022) Influence of Thermophoretic Force on Nanoparticle Deposition in a Microchannel Heat Sink. In: 14th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2022), Bochum, Germany, 8-11 Aug 2022, (Accepted for Publication)

2021

Wei, D., Charlton, L., Glidle, A., Qi, N., Dobson, P. S. , Dalby, M. J. , Fan, H. and Yin, H. (2021) Dynamically modulated core-shell microfibers to study the effect of depth sensing of matrix stiffness on stem cell fate. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(32), pp. 37997-38006. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c06752) (PMID:34355561)

Wang, M., Paul, M. C. and Dobson, P. (2021) Influence of Brownian Motion on Nanoparticle Deposition in a Microchannel Heat Sink. In: 13th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2021), 29 Nov - 2 Dec 2021, (doi: 10.46855/energy-proceedings-9184)

2019

Umatova, Z., Zhang, Y., Rajkumar, R., Dobson, P. S. and Weaver, J.M.R. (2019) Quantification of atomic force microscopy tip and sample thermal contact. Review of Scientific Instruments, 90(9), 095003. (doi: 10.1063/1.5097862)

2018

Elliott, A. , Tartaruga, I., Cammarano, A. , Dobson, P.S. and Neild, S.A. (2018) Investigating Reduced Order Models for Nanoscale Nonlinear Structures. In: ISMA International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, Leuven, Belgium, 17-19 Sep 2018, pp. 2749-2758.

2017

Ge, Y., Zhang, Y., Weaver, J. M.R. and Dobson, P. S. (2017) Dimension- and shape-dependent thermal transport in nano-patterned thin films investigated by scanning thermal microscopy. Nanotechnology, 28(48), 485706. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa93cf)

Al Mohtar, A., Tessier, G., Ritasalo, R., Matvejeff, M., Stormonth-Darling, J. , Dobson, P. , Chapuis, P.O., Gomès, S. and Roger, J.P. (2017) Thickness-dependent thermal properties of amorphous insulating thin films measured by photoreflectance microscopy. Thin Solid Films, 642, pp. 157-162. (doi: 10.1016/j.tsf.2017.09.037)

AlWaaly, A. A.Y., Dobson, P. S. , Paul, M. C. and Steinmann, P. (2017) Thermocouple heating impact on the temperature measurement of small volume of water in a cooling system. Applied Thermal Engineering, 127, pp. 650-661. (doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.08.066)

Al-Waaly, A. A.Y., Paul, M. C. and Dobson, P. (2017) Liquid cooling of non-uniform heat flux of a chip circuit by subchannels. Applied Thermal Engineering, 115, pp. 558-574. (doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.12.061)

2016

Ge, Y., Zhang, Y., Booth, J. A., Weaver, J. M.R. and Dobson, P. S. (2016) Quantification of probe-sample interactions of a scanning thermal microscope using a nanofabricated calibration sample having programmable size. Nanotechnology, 27(32), 325503. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/32/325503) (PMID:27363896)

2015

AlWaaly, A. A.Y., Paul, M. C. and Dobson, P. S. (2015) Effects of thermocouple electrical insulation on the measurement of surface temperature. Applied Thermal Engineering, 89, pp. 421-431. (doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.06.020)

Ge, Y., Zhang, Y., Weaver, J. M.R., Zhou, H. and Dobson, P. S. (2015) Topography-free sample for thermal spatial response measurement of scanning thermal microscopy. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 33, 06FA03. (doi: 10.1116/1.4933172)

2014

Samarelli, A. et al. (2014) Prospects for SiGe thermoelectric generators. Solid-State Electronics, 98, 70 - 74. (doi: 10.1016/j.sse.2014.04.003)

AlWaaly, A. A. Y., Paul, M. C. and Dobson, P. (2014) Liquid cooling of non-uniform heat flux of chip circuit by submicrochannels. In: International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering - CSME 2014, London, UK, 1-2 Jun 2014, pp. 155-159. (doi: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-012-5-116)

Samarelli, A. et al. (2014) Multilayered Ge/SiGe material in microfabricated thermoelectric modules. Journal of Electronic Materials, 43(10), pp. 3838-3843. (doi: 10.1007/s11664-014-3233-z)

2013

Ferre Llin, L. et al. (2013) The cross-plane thermoelectric properties of p-Ge/Si0.5Ge0.5 superlattices. Applied Physics Letters, 103(14), Art. 143507. (doi: 10.1063/1.4824100)

Cecchi, S. et al. (2013) Ge/SiGe superlattices for thermoelectric devices grown by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Electronic Materials, 42(7), pp. 2030-2034. (doi: 10.1007/s11664-013-2511-5)

Ferre Llin, L. et al. (2013) Thermal conductivity measurement methods for SiGe thermoelectric materials. Journal of Electronic Materials, 42(7), pp. 2376-2380. (doi: 10.1007/s11664-013-2505-3)

Samarelli, A. et al. (2013) Power factor characterization of Ge/SiGe thermoelectric superlattices at 300 K. Journal of Electronic Materials, 42(7), pp. 1449-1453. (doi: 10.1007/s11664-012-2287-z)

Samarelli, A. et al. (2013) The thermoelectric properties of Ge/SiGe modulation doped superlattices. Journal of Applied Physics, 113(23), Art. 233704. (doi: 10.1063/1.4811228)

Alwaaly, A.A.Y., Paul, M.C. and Dobson, P. (2013) Effect of thermocouple electrical insulation on surface temperature measurement. In: 13th UK Heat Transfer Conference, London, UK, 2-3 Sep 2013,

Paul, D.J. et al. (2013) Prospects for SiGe thermoelectric generators. In: 14th International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (ULIS) 2013, Warwick, U.K., 19-21 Mar 2013, pp. 5-8. (doi: 10.1109/ULIS.2013.6523478)

2012

Burt, D.P., Dobson, P.S. , Docherty, K.E., Jones, C.W., Leach, R.K., Thoms, S. , Weaver, J.M.R. and Zhang, Y. (2012) Aperiodic interferometer for six degrees of freedom position measurement. Optics Letters, 37(7), pp. 1247-1249. (doi: 10.1364/OL.37.001247)

Denholme, S.J., Dobson, P.S. , Weaver, J.M.R., MacLaren, I. and Gregory, D.H. (2012) Growth and characterisation of titanium sulphide nanostructures by surface-assisted vapour transport methods; from trisulphide ribbons to disulphide nanosheets. International Journal of Nanotechnology, 9(1-2), pp. 23-38. (doi: 10.1504/IJNT.2012.044828)

Paul, D. et al. (2012) Si/SiGe nanoscale engineered thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting. In: 12th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, UK, 20-23 Aug 2012, (doi: 10.1109/NANO.2012.6322044)

Paul, D. et al. (2012) Si/SiGe thermoelectric generators. ECS Transactions, 50(9), pp. 959-963. (doi: 10.1149/05009.0959ecst)

Zhang, Y., Dobson, P.S. , Weaver, J.M.R., Rossi, S., Alomari, M., Kohn, E., Bychikhin, S. and Pogany, D. (2012) Measuring thermal conductivity of nanocrystalline diamond film with a scanning thermal microscope. In: 12th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, UK, 20-23 Aug 2012,

2011

Kriama, A., Green, G., Dobson, P. and Irthiea, I. (2011) Nano/microfabrication of three-dimensional device structures using a multilayered mould approach. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 225(8), pp. 1319-1329. (doi: 10.1177/0954405410395856)

Dalbeck, P., Cusack, M. , Dobson, P. , Allison, N., Fallick, A.E. and Tudhope, A.W. (2011) Identification and composition of secondary meniscus calcite in fossil coral and the effect on predicted sea surface temperature. Chemical Geology, 280(3-4), pp. 314-322. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.018)

Carassiti, L., Jones, A., Harrison, P. , Dobson, P.S. , Kingman, S., MacLaren, I. and Gregory, D.H. (2011) Ultra-rapid, sustainable and selective synthesis of silicon carbide powders and nanomaterials via microwave heating. Energy and Environmental Science, 4, pp. 1503-1510. (doi: 10.1039/C0EE00799D)

Zhang, Y., Dobson, P. and Weaver, J. (2011) Batch fabricated dual cantilever resistive probe for scanning thermal microscopy. Microelectronic Engineering, 88(8), pp. 2435-2438. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2011.02.040)

2010

Denholme, S.J., Gallagher, J.B., Dobson, P.S. , Weaver, J.M.R. and Gregory, D.H. (2010) New surface-directed vapour transport methods for the controlled growth of nickel sulfide nanomaterials. Israel Journal of Chemistry, 50(4), pp. 515-523. (doi: 10.1002/ijch.201000061)

The University Court of the University of Glasgow; Weaver, Jonathan M.R.; Dobson, Phillip S.; Burt, David P.; Thoms, Stephen; Docherty, Kevin E.; Zhang, Yuan (2010) Uses of Electromagnetic Interference Patterns. .

Edgeworth, J.P., Burt, D.P., Dobson, P.S. , Weaver, J.M.R. and Macpherson, J.V. (2010) Growth and morphology control of carbon nanotubes at the apexes of pyramidal silicon tips. Nanotechnology, 21(10), (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105605)

Ji, B., Cusack, M. , Freer, A., Dobson, P.S. , Gadegaard, N. and Yin, H. (2010) Control of crystal polymorph in microfluidics using molluscan 28 kDa Ca2+-binding protein. Integrative Biology, 2, pp. 528-535. (doi: 10.1039/c0ib00007h) (PMID:20820629)

Nisar, J.A., Hashim, S.A. and Dobson, P. (2010) Multi-Scale Modelling of the Interfaces in Pultrusion Joints. In: Proc. 14th European Conference on Composite Materials ( ECCM 14), Budapest, June 2010,

2009

Burt, D.P., Whyte, W.M., Weaver, J.M.R., Glidle, A., Edgeworth, J.P., Macpherson, J.V. and Dobson, P.S. (2009) Effects of metal underlayer grain size on carbon nanotube growth. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(34), pp. 15133-15139. (doi: 10.1021/jp902117g)

Yin, H. , Bozhi, J., Dobson, P.S. , Mosbahi, K., Glidle, A., Gadegaard, N. , Freer, A., Cooper, J.M. and Cusack, M. (2009) Screening of biomineralization using microfluidics. Analytical Chemistry, 81(1), pp. 473-478. (doi: 10.1021/ac801980b) (PMID:19117468)

Yin, H. , McPhee, G. and Dobson, P. (2009) AFM and development of (bio) fouling-resistant membranes. In: Bowen, W.R. and Hilal, N. (eds.) Atomic Force Microscopy in Process Engineering: Introduction to AFM for Improved Processes and Products. Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781856175173

Yin, H. , McPhee, G. and Dobson, P. (2009) Micro/nanoengineering and AFM for cellular sensing. In: Bowen, W.R. and Hilal, N. (eds.) Atomic Force Microscopy in Process Engineering: Introduction to AFM for Improved Processes and Products. Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781856175173

2008

Burt, D. P., Dobson, P. S. , Donaldson, L. and Weaver, J. M. R. (2008) A simple method for high yield fabrication of sharp silicon tips. Microelectronic Engineering, 85(3), pp. 625-630. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2007.11.010)

Docherty, K.E., Thoms, S. , Dobson, P. and Weaver, J.M.R. (2008) Improvements to the alignment process in a commercial vector scan electron beam lithography tool. Microelectronic Engineering, 85(5-6), pp. 761-763. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2008.01.081)

Docherty, K.E., Thoms, S., Dobson, P.M. and Weaver, J.M.R. (2008) Improvements to the alignment process in a commercial vector scan electron beam lithography tool. Microelectronic Engineering, 85(5-6), pp. 761-763. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2008.01.081)

2007

Aubry, R., Jacquet, J., Weaver, J., Durand, O., Dobson, P., Mills, G., di Forte-Poisson, M., Cassette, S. and Delage, S. (2007) SThM temperature mapping and nonlinear thermal resistance evolution with bias on AlGaN/GaN HEMT devices. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 54, pp. 385-390. (doi: 10.1109/TED.2006.890380)

Burt, D.P., Dobson, P.S. , Weaver, J.M.R., Wilson, N.R., Unwin, P.R. and Macpherson, J.V. (2007) Developments in nanowire scanning electrochemical - atomic force microscopy (SECM-AFM) probes. In: IEEE Sensors Conference, Atlanta, GA, 28-31 Oct 2007, pp. 712-715. (doi: 10.1109/ICSENS.2007.4388499)

2006

Dobson, P., Bindley, L., Macpherson, J. and Unwin, P. (2006) Modes of action of a weak acid modifier of calcite growth. Chemphyschem, 7, pp. 1019-1021. (doi: 10.1002/cphc.200500469)

Dobson, P., Weaver, J., Burt, D., Holder, M., Wilson, N., Unwin, P. and Macpherson, J. (2006) Electron beam lithographically-defined scanning electrochemical-atomic force microscopy probes: fabrication method and application to high resolution imaging on heterogeneously active surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 8, pp. 3909-3914. (doi: 10.1039/b605828k)

2005

Burt, D., Wilson, N., Weaver, J., Dobson, P. and Macpherson, J. (2005) Nanowire probes for high resolution combined scanning electrochemical Microscopy - Atomic force Microscopy. Nano Letters, 5, pp. 639-643. (doi: 10.1021/nl050018d)

Dobson, P. (2005) Atomic force microscopy investigation of the mechanism of calcite microcrystal growth under Kitano conditions. Langmuir, 21(4), pp. 1255-1260. (doi: 10.1021/la0480787)

Dobson, P., Mills, G. and Weaver, J. (2005) Microfabricated temperature standard based on Johnson noise measurement for the calibration of micro- and nano-thermometers. Review of Scientific Instruments, 76, (doi: 10.1063/1.1899463)

Dobson, P., Weaver, J., Holder, M., Unwin, P. and Macpherson, J. (2005) Characterization of batch-microfabricated scanning electrochemical-atomic force microscopy probes. Analytical Chemistry, 77, pp. 424-434. (doi: 10.1021/ac048930e)

2004

Lister, K., Casey, B., Dobson, P., Thoms, S., Macintyre, D., Wilkinson, C. and Weaver, J. (2004) Pattern transfer of a 23 nm-period grating and sub-15 nm dots into CVD diamond. Microelectronic Engineering, 73-4, pp. 319-322. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2004.02.060)

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