Professor Marcela Bilek
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Professor of Applied Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney Address: Applied and Plasma Physics School of Physics, A28 University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Phone: +61 (0)2 9351 6079 Fax: +61 (0)2 9351 7725 Email: m.bilek@physics.usyd.edu.au Webpage: http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~mmmb/ Research Group: USyd, Science, Physics |
Role in the network
Experienced Researcher (ER)Materials Research Focus
Innovative structural and functional materials for diverse applicationsCurrent Research Activities
The development of plasma based methods of producing thin films and modifying surfaces, uncluding the use of energetic ions to finely control surface properties. Current projects include the development of nanostructured coatings and functional biointerfaces. Skills include plasma diagnostic techniques and a wide range of materials charactierisation techniques including ellipsometry, stress measurement and ATR-IR (all with in-situ capabilities)Selected Publications
External Publication ListT.K. Kwok, M.M.M. Bilek, D.R. McKenzie, T.W. Oates, P.K. Chu, “Disturbance of the Langmuir Probe at the steady state sheath boundary in the drifting plasma”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, in press (accepted 13/1/04), April 2004.
B.K. Gan, M.M.M. Bilek, D.R. McKenzie, M.B. Taylor, D.G. McCulloch, “Effect of intrinsic stress on preferred orientation in AlN thin films”, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 2130-2134, 2004.
T. Nakano, N. Suchowerska, M.M.M. Bilek, D.R. McKenzie, N. Ng, T. Kron, “High dose-rate brachytherapy source localization: positional resolution using a diamond detector”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 48, pp. 2133-2146, 2003.
D.T. Kwok, T.W.H. Oates, D.R. McKenzie, and M.M.M. Bilek, “Determination of the equilibrium ion sheath in the drifting plasma by numerical simulation”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 31, pp. 1044-1051, 2003.
T. W.H. Oates, J. Pigott, D. R. McKenzie, and M. M.M.M. Bilek, “A high-current pulsed cathodic vacuum arc plasma source”, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 74, pp. 4750-4754, 2003.
M.M.M. Bilek, R.N. Tarrant, D.R. McKenzie, S.H.N. Lim and D.G. McCulloch “Control of stress and microstructure in cathodic arc deposited films”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 31, pp. 939-944, 2003.
N.A. Marks, J.M. Bell, G.K. Pearce, D.R. McKenzie and M.M.M. Bilek, “Atomistic simulation of energy and temperature effects in the deposition and implantation of amorphous carbon thin films”, Diamond and Related Materials, in press, 2003.
Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations
Beta Gamma Sigma (the Honor Society for AACSB Accredited Business Programs) – membership is by invitation only, based on outstanding scholastic recordEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers)
Australian Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) Nuclear Safety Committee
Heliac H-1 National Fusion Facility Advisory Board
Awards and Distinctions
• Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship (2003-2008)• Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year (2002)
• Royal Society of New South Wales Edgeworth David Medal (2002)
• 2001 Young Tall Poppy Award for achievement in Science (2001)
• Emmanuel Research Fellowship (1996-2000) –grant for independent research
• Best paper at ICMCTF (the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings & Thin Films), San Diego, 1997
• Peterhouse Research Studentship (1993-1996)
• Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Honorary Packer Scholarship (1993-1996)
• Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Reduction Technology Award (1993)
• Australian Institute of Physics NSW Branch Prize for Physics Honours (1990);
• W.I.B. Smith Prize in Physics (shared - 1989);
• Walter Burfitt Scholarship for Physics (1989);
• Cadbury-Julius Sumner Miller Scholarship in Physics (1989)
• Ian Jackson Memorial Prize for Computer Science (1989)
• Cadbury-Julius Sumner Miller Scholarship in Physics (1987)
• G.S. Caird Scholarship in Computer Science (1987)
• IBM Prize for Computer Science (1987)
• Science Foundation for Physics Scholarship (1986)
