Research

Robin completed her M.A.Sc. under the supervision of Dr. Ray LaPierre, from 2011 to 2013 at McMaster University. Her research focused on the characterization of semiconductor nanowires, using electron microscopy, dynamic SIMS, and photoluminesence studies.

Thesis: Be-Doping of MBE-Grown InP Nanowires

Publications

III-V nanowire photovoltaics: Review of design for high efficiency
R.R. LaPierre, A.C.E. Chia, S.J. Gibson, C.M. Haapamaki, J. Boulanger, R. Yee, P. Kuyanov, J. Zhang, N. Tajik, N. Jewell and K.M.A. Rahman
Physica Status Solidi RRL 7(10) 815-830 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201307109

Effects of Be doping on InP nanowire growth mechanisms [PDF]
R.J. Yee, S.J. Gibson, V.G. Dubrovskii, and R.R. LaPierre
Applied Physics Letters, December 27, 2012.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773206

Conferences

Surface Canada Conference 2013 (Presentation)
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Nano Ontario Conference 2012 (Poster)
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Canadian Materials Science Conference 2012 (Poster)
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario