C. Buzea, I. Pacheco, and K. Robbie, "Nanomaterials and nanoparticles: Sources and toxicity", Biointerphases 2 (4) MR17-MR71 (2007).

H. Khalili, R.S. Dariani, A. MortezAli, V. Daadmehr, K. Robbie, "Study of anodization parameters effects on photoconductivity of porous silicon", Journal of Material Science 42 (3) 908-913 (2007).

Harry E. Ruda, John C. Polanyi, Jody (S. Y.) Yang, Zhanghua Wu, Usha Philipose, Tao Xu, Susan Yang, K. L. Kavanagh, J. Q. Liu, L. Yang, Y. Wang, Kevin Robbie, J. Yang, K. Kaminska, D. G. Cooke, F. A. Hegmann, A. J. Budz, H. K. Haugen, "Developing 1D nanostructure arrays for future nanophotonics" Nanoscale Res Lett 1, 99-119 (2006).

I. Hodgkinson, Q. Wu, M. Arnold, L. De Silva, G. Beydaghyan, K. Kaminska and K. Robbie, "Biaxial thin-film coated plate polarizing beam splitters," Applied Optics 45, 1563-1568 (2006).

K. Robbie, Y. Cui, C. Elliott and K. Kaminska, "Oxidation of evaporated porous silicon rugate filters" Applied Optics, 45(32), 8298-8303 (2006).

K. Robbie, C. Buzea, O. Landry and C. Dean, "Optical viewport assembly for eye-safe monitoring of thin film deposition" Journal of Laser Applications, 18(1), 81-83 (2006).

S. Khoshnevis, R.S. Dariani, M.E. Azim-Araghi, Z.B. Bayindir, and K. Robbie, "Observation of oxygen gas effect on porous silicon-based sensors" Thin Solid Films 515, 2650-2654 (2006).

H. Khalili, R. S. Dariani, A. MortezaAli, V. Daadmehr, K. Robbie, "Study of anodization parameters effects on photoconductivity of porous silicon" J. Mater. Sci., Online (2006).

C. Buzea, K. Kaminska, G. Beydaghyan, T. Brown, C. Elliott, C. Dean and K. Robbie, "Thickness and density evaluation for nanostructured thin films by glancing angle deposition" J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 23, 2545 (2005).

C. Buzea, G. Beydaghyan, C. Elliott and K. Robbie, "Control of power law scaling in the growth of silicon nanocolumn pseudo-regular arrays deposited by glancing angle deposition" Nanotechnology 16 (2005) 1986-1992.

G. Beydaghyan, C. Buzea, Y. Cui, C. Elliott, and K. Robbie, "Ex situ ellipsometric investigation of nanocolumns inclination angle of obliquely evaporated silicon thin films" Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 153103 (2005)

C. Buzea and K. Robbie, "State of the art in thin film thickness and deposition rate monitoring sensors" Rep. Prog. Phys. 68, 385-409 (2005).

C. Buzea and K. Robbie, "Assembling the puzzle of superconducting elements: a review" Superconductor, Science and Technology 18, R1-R8 (2005).

K. Robbie, "Optical materials: sculptured thin films", Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Academic Press (2004) 9 pages.

C. Buzea and K. Robbie, "Nano-sculptured thin film thickness variation with incidence angle" J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater. 6(4), 1251 (2004).

G. Beydaghyan, K.Kaminska, T. Brown, K. Robbie, "Enhanced Birefringence in Vacuum Evaporated Silicon Thin Films" Applied Optics, 43, 5343-5349 (2004).

K. Kaminska, K. Robbie, "Birefringent omnidirectional reflector", Applied Optics, 45, 1570-76 (2004).

K. Robbie, G. Beydaghyan, T. Brown, C. Dean, J. Adams, C. Buzea, "Ultrahigh vacuum glancing angle deposition system for thin films with controlled three-dimensional nanoscale structure", Review of Scientific Instruments, 75, 1089-97 (2004).

K. Kaminska, M. Suzuki, K. Kimura, Y. Taga, and K. Robbie, "Simulating structure and optical response of vacuum evaporated porous rugate filters", Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 3055-62 (2004).

K. Kaminska, T. Brown, G. Beydaghyan, and K. Robbie, "Vacuum evaporated porous silicon photonic interference filters", Applied Optics, 42, 4212-4219 (2003).

K. Robbie, S. T. Jemander, N. Lin, C. Hallin, R. Erlandsson, G. V. Hansson, and L. D. Madsen, "Formation of Ni-graphite intercalation compounds on SiC", Physical Review B 64(15), 155401, (2001).

K. D. Harris, D. Vick, E. J. Gonzalez, T. Smy, K. Robbie, and M. J. Brett, "Porous thin films for thermal barrier coatings", Surface and Coatings Technology138, 185-191, (2001).

N.V. Edwards, K. Järrendahl, K. Robbie, G.D. Powell, D.E. Aspnes, C. Cobet, N. Esser, W. Richter, and L.D. Madsen, "Real-time assessment of selected surface preparation regimens for 4H-SiC surfaces using spectroscopic ellipsometry", Surface Science Letters 464, L703-L707, (2000).

W.M.J. Green, K.L. Westra, K. Robbie, and M.J. Brett, "Thin Film Realization of Ultra-Fast Cooking Pasta Using GLAD", Annals of Improbable Research 6, (2000) 25-29.

I.J. Hodgkinson, Q.H. Wu, B. Knight, A. Lakhtakia, and K. Robbie, "Vacuum deposition of chiral sculptured thin films with high optical activity", Submitted (May 1999) to Applied Optics.

K. Robbie, M.J. Brett, and D.J. Broer, "Chiral Thin Film/Liquid Crystal Hybrid Materials", Nature 399, 764-766, (1999).

K. Robbie, C. Shafai, and M.J. Brett, "Thin Films with Nanometer Scale Pillar Microstructures",  Journal of Materials Research14, 3158-3163 (1999).

A.Y. Elezzabi, J.C. Sit, J.F. Holzman, K. Robbie, and M.J. Brett, "Thin film vertical diffraction grating for integrated optics", Electronics Letters 35 (6), 491-493, (1999).

M.W. Seto, K. Robbie, D. Vick, M.J. Brett, and L. Kuhn, "Mechanical Actuation of Thin Films with Helical Microstructures", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 17 (5), 2172-2177, (1999).

J.C. Sit, D. Vick, K. Robbie, and M.J. Brett, "Thin Film Microstructural Control Using Glancing Angle Deposition by Sputtering", Journal of Materials Research 14, 1197-1199 (1999).

D. Vick, L.J. Friedrich, S.K. Dew, M.J. Brett, K. Robbie, M. Seto, and T. Smy, "Self-Shadowing and Surface Diffusion Effects in Obliquely-Deposited Thin Films", Thin Solid Films 339, 88-94, (1999).

I.J. Hodgkinson, Q.H. Wu, M.J. Brett, and K. Robbie, "Vacuum deposition of biaxial films with surface-aligned principal axes and large birefringence Dn", in Optical Interference Coatings, Vol. 9, 1998 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998), 104-106.

K. Robbie, J.C. Sit, and M.J. Brett, "Advanced Techniques for Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD)", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 16(3), 1115-1122, (1998).

P.I. Rovira, R.A. Yarussi, R.W. Collins, V.C. Venugopal, A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier, K. Robbie, and M.J. Brett, "Rotating Compensator Multichannel Transmission Ellipsometry of A Thin-Film Helicoidal Bianisotropic Medium", Thin Solid Films 313-314(1-2), 373-378, (1998).

K. Robbie, A.J.P. Hnatiw, M.J. Brett, R.I. McDonald, and J.N. McMullin, "Inhomogeneous Thin Film Optical Filters Fabricated Using Glancing Angle Deposition", Electronics Letters 33(14), 1213-1214, (1997).

P.I. Rovira, R.A. Yarussi, R.W. Collins, V.C. Venugopal, A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier, K. Robbie, and M.J. Brett,  "Transmission Ellipsometry of a Thin-Film Helicoidal Bianisotropic Medium",  Applied Physics Letters 71(9), 1180, (1997).

K. Robbie and M.J. Brett, "Sculptured thin films and GLAD (Glancing Angle Deposition): growth mechanics and applications.", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 15(3), 1460-1465, (1997).

A. Lakhtakia, K. Robbie, and M.J. Brett, "Spectral Green Function for Wave Excitation and Propagation in a Piezoelectric, Continuously Twisted, Structurally Chiral Medium", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 101(4), 2052-2058, (1997).

K. Robbie, M.J. Brett, and A. Lakhtakia, "Chiral Sculptured Thin Films", Nature 384, 616, (1996).

A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier, M.J. Brett, and K. Robbie, "Sculptured Thin Films (STFs) for Optical, Chemical and Biological Applications", Innovations in Materials Research 1(2), 165-176, (1996).

C. Backhouse, K. Robbie, J. Parks, J. Broughton, M.J. Brett, and S.K. Dew, "Electrostatic Scattering of Ionic Species in the Low Pressure Sputtering of Ti and TiN", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 14(4), 2175-2181, (1996).

K. Robbie, M.J. Brett, and A. Lakhtakia, "First Thin Film Realization of a Helicoidal Bianisotropic Medium", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 13(6), 2991-2993 (1995).

W. Tsai, D. Hodul, T. Sheng, S.K. Dew, K. Robbie, M.J. Brett, and T. Smy, "Variation of Composition of Sputtered TiN Films as a function of Target Nitridation, Thermal Anneal, and Substrate Topography", Applied Physics Letters 67(2), 220-222, (1995).

K. Robbie, L.J. Friedrich, S.K. Dew, T. Smy, and M.J. Brett, "Fabrication of Thin Films with Highly Porous Microstructures", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 13(3), 1032-1035, (1995).

Other Publications:

K. Robbie, "Optical Materials: Sculptured Thin Films", Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Academic Press, in press.

W.M.J. Green, K.L. Westra, K. Robbie, and M.J. Brett, "Thin Film Realization of Ultra-Fast Cooking Pasta Using Glancing Angle Deposition", Accepted (September 1998) for publication in the Annals of Improbable Research.

Patents

1.      K. Robbie, M.J. Brett, J. Sit, and D.J. Broer, “Optical device”
U.S. patent no. 6,549,253, issued April 2003.

2.      K. Robbie and M.J. Brett, "Glancing angle deposition of thin films"
U.S. patent no. 6,206,065, issued March 2001.

3.      K. Robbie and M.J. Brett, "Capped porous thin films"
PCT patent application no. PCT/ CA98/00730, filed 1997.

4.      K. Robbie and M.J. Brett, "Shadow sculpted thin films"
U.S. patent no. 6,248,422, issued June 2001.

5.      K. Robbie and M.J. Brett, "Method of depositing shadow sculpted thin films"
U.S. patent no. 5,866,204, issued February 1999.

Selected Awards
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)  2001-2006
Premier's Research Excellence Award, 2001
Chancellor's Research Award, 2001
Douglas R. Colton Medal from Canadian Microelectronics Corporation, 2000  
John Charles Polanyi Prize in Physics, 1999
G.B. Walker Doctoral Dissertation Award
Swedish Institute International Research Fellowship, 1998
J. Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award, 1996
AVS2 Graduate Research Award, 1996
APEGGA Gold Medal in Engineering Physics, 1994

Education
Postdoctoral Studies, Linkoeping University, Linkoeping, Sweden 1998-1999
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1998
B.Sc. in Engineering Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1994

Contact information:
Dr. Kevin Robbie
Department of Physics
Stirling Hall, Room 205
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
+1 (613) 533-2714 (phone)
+1 (613) 533-6463 (fax)         

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Canada Research Chairs (CRCs)

Colton Medal

Nobel Laureate John Charles Polanyi