David Smith
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Phone: 480-965-4540
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PSB 343 TEMPE, AZ 85287-1504
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Mail code: 1504Campus: Tempe
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David Smith started his research career as a research assistant in 1976 at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge (U.K.) and he later served as acting director and then director of the Cambridge University High Resolution Electron Microscopy Project. In 1984, he moved to Arizona State University. and in 1991 he was appointed as director of the Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy and Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) National User Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy. His long-term research interests have centered around the development and applications of atomic-resolution electron microscopy, and he has more recently focused on characterization of semiconductor heterostructures and nanostructures. He was president of the Microscopy Society of America in 2009, and he is currently a fellow of the Materials Research Society, fellow of the American Physical Society, fellow of the Microscopy Society of America, and fellow of the Institute of Physics (U.K.). In 2014, he received a Helmholtz International Fellowship Award from the Helmholtz Foundation, and the Distinguished Physical Scientist Award from the Microscopy Society of America, and in 2019 he received the Harold Rose Distinguished Lectureship Award from the German Microscopy Society.
- D. Sc. University of Melbourne, Australia 1988
- Ph.D. University of Melbourne, Australia 1978
- B. Sc. (Hons.), University of Melbourne, Australia 1970
His long-term research interests have centered around atomic-resolution electron microscopy. More recently, he has focused on oxide/semiconductor heterostructures and nanostructures.
D.J. Smith, A.K. Petford, L.R. Wallenberg, and J.-O. Bovin, "Dynamic observations of atomic-level rearrangements in small gold particles", Science, 233, 832 (1986).
S.S.P. Parkin, Z.G. Li, and D.J. Smith, "Giant magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Co/Cu multilayers", Appl. Phys. Letts., 58, 2710 (1991).
A.K. Datye and D.J. Smith, "The study of heterogeneous catalysts by high resolution transmission electron microscopy", Cat. Rev. Sci. Eng., 34, 129 (1992).
D.J. Smith, D. Chandrasekhar, B. Sverdlov, A. Bochkarev, A. Salvador, A., and H. Morkoc, "TEM characterization of structural defects in wurtzite GaN grown on 6H SiC using plasma-enhanced molecular beam epitaxy", Appl. Phys. Letts., 67, 1830 (1995).
Z. Horita, D.J. Smith, M. Furukawa, M. Nemoto, R.Z. Valiev, and T.G. Langdon, "Investigation of grain boundaries in sub-micrometer-grained Al-Mg solid solution alloys using high-resolution electron microscopy", J. Mater. Res., 11, 1880 (1996).
D.J. Smith, "The realization of atomic resolution in the electron microscope", Reports Prog. Phys. 60, 1513 (1997).
D.J. Smith, M.R. McCartney, C.L. Platt, and A.E. Berkowitz, "Structural characterization of thin film ferromagnetic tunnel junctions", J. Appl. Phys. 83, 5154 (1998).
R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, M.R. McCartney, B. Kardynal, and D.J. Smith, :"Magnetic interactions within patterned cobalt nanostructures using off-axis electron holography", J. Appl. Phys., 84, 374 (1998).
S.A. Chaparro, J. Drucker, Y. Zhang, D. Chandrasekhar, M.R. McCartney, and D.J. Smith, "Strain driven alloying in Ge/Si(100) coherent islands", Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1199 (1999).
M.R. McCartney, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, M.R. Scheinfein, D.J. Smith, S. Gider, and S.S.P. Parkin, "Origin of magnetization decay in spin-dependent tunnel junctions", Science, 286, 1337 (1999).
M. R.McCartney, M. A.Gribelyuk, J. Li, P. Ronsheim, J. S. McMurray, and D. J. Smith, "Quantitative analysis of one-dimensional dopant profile by electron holography", Appl. Phys. Lett., 80 3213 (2002)
D. J. Smith, D. Chandrasekhar, S. A. Chaparro, P. A. Crozier, J. Drucker, M. Floyd, M.R. McCartney, and Y. Zhang; "Microstructural evolution of Ge/Si(100) nanoscale islands", J. Crystal Growth, 259, 232 (2003)
(Book chapter) D.J. Smith, M.R. McCartney, and R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, “Nanoscale Structural and Magnetic Characterization using Electron Microscopy”, in: Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures (Eds. D. Sellmyer and R. Skomski) (Kluwer, 2005) Chapter 5.
(Book chapter) D.J. Smith, “Characterisation of Nanomaterials using Transmission Electron Microscopy”, in: Nanocharacterisation (Eds. A.I. Kirkland and J.L. Hutchison) (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2007) Chapter 1.
M.R. McCartney, and D.J. Smith (2007) Electron Holography: Phase Imaging with Nanometer Resolution, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 37, 729-767 (2007).
D.J. Smith, Development of aberration-corrected electron microscopy, Microsc. Microanal, 14, 2-15 (2008).
D.J. Smith, Progress and perspectives for atomic-resolution electron microscopy, Ultramicroscopy, 108, 159-166 (2008).
- Zhang,Yong-Hang*, Smith,David John. Modulation-Doped Heterovalent Structures for High-Speed Electronic Device Applications. DOD-AFOSR(6/1/2015 - 5/31/2018).
- Mccartney,Martha Rogers*, Smith,David John. Charge Transfer at Metal Dielectric Interfaces under Extreme Environments. UTAustin(6/1/2014 - 5/31/2017).
- Smith,David John*, Mccartney,Martha Rogers. Advanced Nanostructural Techniques for Nitride Device Operation. WYLE LABS(9/24/2013 - 6/6/2016).
- Menendez,Jose*, Chizmeshya,Andrew V, Kouvetakis,John, Smith,David John. SusChEM: FRG: Molecular routes to new classes of polarnon-polar alloy semiconductors. NSF-MPS-PHY(9/1/2013 - 8/31/2016).
- Smith,David John*. (Materials Science) Advanced Microscopy and Analytical Studies for Hg-based Infrared Detector Materials and Substrates. DOD-ARMY-ARO(8/1/2013 - 7/31/2016).
- Smith,David John*. Thermodynamic Stability of the Q-2DEG at the OxideOxide Interface under Extreme Thermomechanical Conditions. UTAustin(9/30/2012 - 9/29/2016).
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| MSE 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| PHY 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| PHY 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| PHY 792 | Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| MSE 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| PHY 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| PHY 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 241 | University Physics III |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| MSE 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| PHY 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| PHY 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 241 | University Physics III |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 593 | Applied Project |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| MSE 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| PHY 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| PHY 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 241 | University Physics III |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| MSE 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| PHY 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| PHY 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 241 | University Physics III |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| MSE 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| PHY 554 | Electron Microscopy II |
| PHY 555 | Electron Microscopy Lab II |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MSE 208 | Patterns in Nature |
| PHS 208 | Patterns in Nature |
| PHY 241 | University Physics III |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
- D.J. Smith. Exploring Resolution Limits in the Electron Microscope. Department Colloquium, Rensselaer Polytechnic (Nov 2014).
- D.J. Smith. Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy for Heterogeneous Structures. 18th. Int. Conf. on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (Flagstaff, Arizona) (Sep 2014).
- D.J. Smith. Modern Materials Questions. ESTEEM2 Workshop on Electron Holography, Dresden, Germany (Jun 2014).
- D.J. Smith. Exploring Resolution Limits in the Electron Microscope. 50th. Annual Meeting, Southeast Microscopy Society, Columbia, South Carolina (May 2014).
- D.J. Smith. Atomic-Scale Characterization of Compound Semiconductors. Seminar at Night Vision Electronics Sensors Directorate, Fort Belvoir, VA (May 2014).
- D.J. Smith. Atomic-Scale Characterization of Compound Semiconductors. Nanoscale Science Seminar (Feb 2014).
- D.J. Smith. Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy of CS Heterojunctions. 50th. Annual Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices (Feb 2014).
- Department of Physics, Associate Chair for Space and Infrastructure (2013 - Present)
- Department of Physics, Budget and Policy Committee, Member (2013 - 2015)
- Microscopy and Microanalysis 2014, Symposium Organizer (2014, 2017)
- OKED, Committee Member (2014 - Present)
- Fellowship Committee, Microscopy Society of America, Member (2013 - 2015)
- Department of Physics, Space Committee, Chair (2009 - Present)
- Ultramicroscopy, Editorial Board (1991 - Present)
- University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, Member (2008 - 2010)
- Microscopy Society of America, President (2009)
- Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Associate Chair (2005 - 2009)
- John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Director (1991 - 2006)
- Faculty Honors Council, Barrett Honors College, Member (2000 - 2005)
- Management Committee, Electron Microscopy Center, Argonne National Laboratory, Member (1986 - 2005)
- National Research Council - Committee on Smaller Facilities, Member (2003 - 2005)
- Academic Professional Task Force, Member (2003 - 2004)
- Center for Solid State Science, Director (2001 - 2004)