Phillip Smith
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Newcastle University
Australia
Biography
All of my research has been in the area of theoretical solid state physics. Originally this was focused primarily on the bulk properties of materials, but in recent years my research interests have centred more on nanostructures, both nanotubes and those resulting from the interaction of various atoms and molecules with semiconductor surfaces. Over my entire academic career I have published 155 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, received in conjunction with others more than $1,000,000 in research grants, been a referee for many international journals, and presented talks at a large number of national and international conferences. During the past five years I have been the recipient of a significant number of internally and externally funded grants and have, together with my colleague A/Prof. Radny, been granted over 1,000,000 hours of processing time on the ANU NCI supercomputer facility. All of these research outputs have been achieved while fulfilling my teaching and administration duties which collectively represented about 60% of my time. In addition, I was a Nuffield and QE2 Fellow, and the Australian Representative on the International Steering Committee for the International Conference on the Structure of Solids (ICSOS).
Research Interest
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Physics, Physical Chemistry
Publications
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Shi HQ, Radny MW, Smith PV. Atomic and electronic structure of the K∕ Si (111) 3× 3 R 30°− B chemisorption system. Physical Review B. 2004 Dec 20;70(23):235325.
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Smith PV, Radny MW, Shah GA. Surface electronic structure calculations using the MBJLDA potential: Application to Si (111) 2× 1. Journal of computational chemistry. 2014 Jun 15;35(16):1248-54.
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Smith PV, Radny MW, Shah GA. An improved density functional theory description of the Ge (100) c (4× 2) surface using the MBJLDA xc potential and spin–orbit interactions. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2013 Jan 3;25(5):056007.
