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Richard Pilkington
Dr Richard Pilkington
postal addressRoom 166, Newton Building, Joule Physics Laboratory, School of CSE, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.
email addressR.D.Pilkington@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 295 4176
website addresshttp://www.cse.salford.ac.uk/research/matphys
Key Memberships
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Full Member of Research Centre: Materials & Physics Research Centre
From October 2009 to present.
Profile Summary
The deposition and characterisation of thin film multinary photovoltaic materials. Radiation hardness mechanisms in copper indium/gallium diselenide. Interaction of UV laser light with materials. The fundamentals of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Investigation of novel physical vapour deposited structures for the protection of high specification electronic devices.
Key Projects
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2011
Feb
Wolfson Labs Refurbishment Scheme 2010
Royal Society, £250,000.00.
Principal Investigator: D Sheel (85%). Co-Investigators: H Yates (10%), R Pilkington (5%).
2009
Nov
Conversion of Existing Natural Gas Delivery Pipelines to Accommodate Hydrogen Gas by Pulsed Laser Deposition of Alumina Coatings In-Situ
Joule Centre (University of Manchester), £41,501.00.
Principal Investigator: R Pilkington (80%). Co-Investigators: K Ross (10%), J Cowpe (10%).
2009
Mar
Preoperative evaluation of bone quality for dental implant therapy using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
MRC, £94,169.00.
Principal Investigator: R Pilkington (50%). Co-Investigator: G Crofts (50%).
2008
Aug
Deposition Techniques for Thin Film Ternary Semiconductor Solar Cells
Joule Centre (University of Manchester), £50,492.00.
Investigators: R Pilkington (30%), A Hill (70%).
Key Publications
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Refereed Journal Articles
2011
Mar
Cowpe, J & Moorehead, R & Moser, D & Astin, S & Karthikeyan, S & Kilcoyne, S & Crofts, G & Pilkington, R 2011, 'Hardness determination of bio-ceramics using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy', Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy.abstract
2010
Dec
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Pilkington, R & Cowpe, J & Hisek, J & Bagnall, D M 2010, 'Single step deposition method for nearly stoichiometric CuInSe2 thin films', Thin Solid Fims, 519(10), pp.3107-3112.abstract
2010
Sep
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R 2010, 'The influence of operating parameters on pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering plasma,', Vacuum, 85(5), pp.634-638.abstract
2010
Jan
Boag, N & Jackson, A D & Lickiss, P D & Pilkington, R & Redhouse, A D 2010, 'Trans-Bis(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionato-kappa O-2,O ')bis(4-methyl-1,2,3-selenadiazole-kappa N-3)copper(II)', Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online, 66, pp.M241-U1437.abstract
2009
Jan
Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R & Hill, A E 2009, 'The effect of ambient pressure on laser-induced silicon plasma temperature, density and morphology', Journal of Physics D:Applied Physics, 42, pp.1-8.abstract
2008
Oct
Cowpe, J & Astin, S & Pilkington, R & Hill, A E 2008, 'Temporally resolved laser induced plasma diagnostics of single crystal silicon - Effects of ambient pressure', Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 63(10), pp.1066-1071.abstract
2008
Jan
Pilkington, R & Cowpe, J & Astin, S & Hill, A E 2008, 'Application of Response Surface Methodology to laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Influences of hardware configuration', Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy , Vol 62, Iss 12, pp.1335-1342.abstract
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings
2011
Dec
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Pilkington, R 2011, Investigation of pulsed D.C magnetron sputtering for the component layers of CuInSe2 based solar cell, in: 'Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2011', Institute of Physics, Manchester, United Kingdom.abstract
2011
Nov
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Pilkington, R 2011, Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application, in: '2nd Computing, Science and Engineering Postgraduate Research Doctoral Scholl Conference 2011', University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom.abstract
2011
Apr
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Pilkington, R 2011, Pulsed D.C Magnetron Sputtered Mo, CuInSe2 and In2O3 Films from Powder Targets for Solar Cell Applications, in: 'PVSAT-7 Conference Proceedings', The Solar Energy Society, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, pp.61-64. Conference details: Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology (PVSAT) , 6-8 April 2011, Heriot-Watt University, Ediunburgh..abstract
2010
Nov
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Pilkington, R 2010, The effect of oxygen on the properties of pulsed d.c magnetron sputtered In2O3 films, in: '1st CSE Doctoral School Postgraduate Research Conference Proceedings', University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom.abstract
2010
Jan
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R 2010, A novel single step process for making CuInSe2 absorbing layers for solar cell applications, in: 'SPARC 2010', University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom, p.156.abstract
Poster Presentations
2010
Aug
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R 2010, 'Properties of CuInSe2 and Mo thin films produced by pulsed d.c magnetron sputtering for solar cell fabrication', Exhibited at: Photon 10, Southampton, United Kingdom, From 23/08/2010 To 26/08/2010.abstract
2010
Apr
Cowpe, J & Moser, D & Ross, K & Pilkington, R 2010, 'Optical Emission Spectroscopy for Remote Materials Analysis in Hazardous Environments', Exhibited at: UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2010, Salford, UK, From 14/04/2010 To 16/04/2010.
2010
Mar
Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R & Moser, D & Ross, K & Hill, A E 2010, 'Local thermal equilibrium considerations in laser-induced plasmas', Exhibited at: 37th IoP Conference on Plasma Physics, Windermere, UK, From 29/03/2010 To 01/04/2010.
2010
Mar
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R 2010, 'Paschen curve analysis to optimise pulsed d.c.sputtering plasmas', Exhibited at: 37th IoP Conference on Plasma Physics, Windermere, United Kingdom, From 29/03/2010 To 01/04/2010.abstract
2010
Feb
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R 2010, 'Optimization of pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering plasma', Exhibited at: 1st Vacuum Symposium UK and 9th RGA Users Meeting,, Daresbury, United Kingdom, From 10/02/2010 To 11/02/2010.
2010
Feb
Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R & Moser, D & Ross, K & Hill, A E 2010, 'Local thermal equilibrium considerations in transient plasmas', Exhibited at: 1st Vacuum Symposium UK and 9th RGA Users Meeting, Daresbury, UK, From 10/02/2010 To 11/02/2010.
2009
Aug
Karthikeyan, S & Hill, A E & Pilkington, R 2009, 'A single step PDMS deposition process for stoichiometric CuInSe2 solar cell', Exhibited at: IOP Thin Film Photovoltaics Conference, London, United Kingdom, On 16/08/2009.abstract
2007
Sep
Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R & Astin, S & Hill, A E 2007, 'Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of silicon: effects of varying fluence and ambient pressure on plume characteristics and volume of material ablated', Exhibited at: EMSLIBS 2007, Paris, France, From 10/09/2007 To 13/09/2007.abstract
2006
Sep
Cowpe, J & Astin, S & Pilkington, R & Hill, A E & Longson, M & Robinson, T 2006, 'Analysis of Laser Ablation Plumes by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Quadrupole MS: a Comparative Study', Exhibited at: LIBS '06, Montreal, Canada, From 05/09/2006 To 08/09/2006.abstract