Science – My corner of science…

Lessons from writing my first paper

Now that I’m supervising students of my own, who are writing their first papers, I think it’s timely that I reflect on some of the things I learned from mine — whether the easy way, or the hard way… Continue reading Lessons from writing my first paper

My doctoral thesis (part II)

Last time I described the silicon portion of my thesis, and skimmed over the diamond bits. Here is a bit about them… Continue reading My doctoral thesis (part II)

My doctoral thesis (part I)

What was my thesis about? (The TL;DR version)
Well, to put it baldly (badly?), I was looking at what happens when you make defects in a semiconductor crystal – and specifically (for four chapters), what happens if you do so in particular high-density regular arrays. Now, while that is a wonderfully compact description for someone who already knows what I did or is in my field, it is utterly woeful for anyone who doesn’t have some very particular background knowledge. Let me tell you part of the story… Continue reading My doctoral thesis (part I)